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William Pitt the Younger: A Biography

By Hague, WILLIAM

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man who Measured London

By Jardine, Lisa

Flagship Historymakers – Elizabeth I (Flagship Historymakers S.)

By Fellows, Nicholas, Murphy, Derrick

30 Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair’s War

By Stothard, Peter

Flagship Historymakers – FDR

By Cooper, Kathryn, Murphy, Derrick

A Daughter’s Love: Thomas and Margaret More

By Guy, John

Flagship Historymakers – Henry VIII (Flagship Historymakers S.)

By Fellows, Nicholas, Murphy, Derrick

Whicker’s War

By Whicker, Alan

The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George’s Life

By Hague, Ffion

The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George’s Life

By Hague, Ffion

William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

By Hague, WILLIAM

William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner

By Hague, WILLIAM

Henry: Virtuous Prince

By Starkey, David

Henry: Virtuous Prince

By Starkey, David

Gordon Brown: ‘As a psychological profile, an exploration of personal ambition and a study of political obsession driven by religious angst, this biography is gripping’ Daily Telegraph

By Bower, Tom

Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940–45

By Hastings, Max

Tommy’s War: A First World War Diary 1913–1918

By Livingstone, Thomas Cairns, Marr, Andrew

The Duchess

By Foreman, Amanda

Ground Truth: 3 Para Return to Afghanistan

By Bishop, Patrick

The Third Man

By Mandelson, Peter

The Third Man

By Mandelson, Peter

The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour

By Mandelson, Peter

When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible

By Nicolson, Adam

Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet

By Norman, Jesse

The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces

By Barrett, Duncan, Calvi

Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London's East End

By Connelly, Charlie

KICK: The True Story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s Forgotten Sister, and the Heir to Chatsworth

By Byrne

Wellington: The Iron Duke

By Holmes, Richard

The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins

By Pearson, John, JOHN PEARSON

Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

By Newman, Cathy