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The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth

By Keay, Anna

Thatcher Stole My Trousers

By Sayle, Alexei

Mudlarking: The Sunday Times Bestseller

By Maiklem, Lara

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020

By Summerscale, Kate

Students: A Gendered History (Women's and Gender History)

By Dyhouse, Carol

The Prince, the Princess and the Perfect Murder: An Untold History

By Rose, Andrew

The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History

By Johnson, Boris

Watching the English: The International Bestseller Revised and Updated

By Fox, Kate

Plants: From Roots to Riches

By Kathy Willis

Curious Walks Around London

By Brandon, David, Brooke, Alan

The Tower of London: The Biography

By Porter, Stephen

This is London: Life and Death in the World City

By Judah, Ben

The Midwife's Sister: The Story of Call The Midwife's Jennifer Worth by her sister Christine

By Lee, Christine

Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London

By Arnold, Catharine

What the Grown-Ups Were Doing

By Michele Hanson

Lords of the Desert: Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East

By Barr, James

Our Uninvited Guests: The Secret Life of Britain's Country Houses 1939-45

By Summers, Julie

Bizarre London: Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises

By David Long

A Woman Lived Here: Alternative Blue Plaques, Remembering London's Remarkable Women

By Vale, Allison

Crash Bang Wallop: The Inside Story of London’s Big Bang and a Financial Revolution that Changed the World

By Martin, Iain

Girl on the Line: Life - and death - in the Metropolitan Police

By Alice Vinten

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York

By de Courcy, Anne

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York

By de Courcy, Anne

East West Street: on the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity: Non-fiction Book of the Year 2017

By Sands, Philippe

Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past

By John Higgs

The Quest for Queen Mary

By Pope-Hennessy, James, Vickers, Hugo

London's War: A Traveler's Guide to World War II

By Van Young, Sayre

The Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War

By Feigel, Lara

A Short History of England: The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation

By Jenkins, Simon

Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with Jennifer Worth, the Author of Call the Midwife

By Jennifer Worth