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William Tyndale: A Very Brief History (Very Brief Histories)

By Melvyn Bragg

The Character Factory

By Rosenthal, Michael

A Strange Kind of Glory: Life of Sir Matt Busby and Manchester United

By Dunphy, Eamon

Illustrated London

By Ackroyd, Peter

Heatherley

By Thompson, Flora, Smith, John Owen, Whittle, Hester, Mallinson, Anne

Cobwebs and Cream Teas

By Mackie, Mary

John Ruskin: No Wealth But Life

By Batchelor, John

365 Reasons to be Proud to be Scottish: Magical moments in Scotland's history

By Happer, Richard

Lady Constance Lytton: Aristocrat, Suffragette, Martyr

By Lyndsey Jenkins

A Touch of Class: Story of Austin Reed

By Ritchie, Berry

Justice Women: The Female Presence in the Criminal Justice System 1800-1970

By Wade, Stephen

Fen Boy First

By Storey, Edward

As Green as Grass: Growing Up Before, During & After the Second World War

By Smith, Emma

The Last Journey of William Huskisson

By Garfield, Simon

'THE WRECKERS: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships

By Bathurst, Bella

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

By Jardine, Lisa

The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain: Writings 1989-2009

By Jack, Ian

The Long and Winding Road

By Johnson, Alan

When London Calls: The Expatriation Of Australian Creative Artists To Britain

By Alomes, Stephen

Hippie Hippie Shake: The Dreams, The Trips, The Trials, The Love-Ins, The Screw Ups: The Sixties

By Neville, Richard

The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times

By Barber, Lionel

Tales of the Old Countrywomen

By Martin, Brian P.

Writers (Women in Profile)

By Hunter, Shaun

English Food: A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables

By Purkiss, Diane

Tales from the Old Inland Waterways

By Corrie, Euan

Long Life: Memoirs

By Nicolson MBE, Nigel

The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and Her People

By Andrew Marr

Churchill's Cigar: A Lifelong Love Affair Through War and Peace

By Stephen McGinty

Imperial Marriage: An Edwardian War and Peace

By Hugh Cecil, Mirabel Cecil

The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and Its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants

By Hill, David