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Historical Biographies starting 1901

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Fred's War: A Doctor in the Trenches

By Andrew Davidson

Envoy a Diplomatic Journey

By Nicholas Barrington

Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee: Winner of the Orwell Prize

By Bew, John

Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee

By Bew, John

Fighting for the Empire: An Irish Doctor’s Adventures Through Imperial Campaigns and Two World Wars

By Worsfold, David

First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill

By Purnell, Sonia

Wine, Women and Song: A Spitfire Pilot's Story Compiled from Doug Brown's Letters and Reminscences

By Hamish Brown

Nelson Mandela, A Force for Freedom.

White Boots and Miniskirts: A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties

By Jacky Hyams

Secrets and Lies: Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politics.

By Christine Keeler, Douglas Thompson

War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944

By Iris Origo

A Higher Call: The Incredible True Story of Heroism and Chivalry during the Second World War

By Makos, Adam

The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II

By Dolby, Karen

Lucie Aubrac: The French Resistance Heroine Who Defied the Gestapo

By Rees, Siân

Wallis in Love: The untold true passion of the Duchess of Windsor

By Morton, Andrew

Have You Been Good?: A Memoir

By Vanessa Nicolson

Battlefield Bombers Deep Sea Attack

By Martin Bowman

Willy Brandt: Life of a Statesman

By Helene Miard-Delacroix

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

By Chang, Jung

The Search Warrant: Dora Bruder (Vintage Editions)

By Modiano, Patrick

Diana: The People's Princess (Diana Princess of Wales)

By Owen, Nicholas, Nicholas Owen

David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider

By Hattersley, Roy

Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler

By Keeler, Christine

Noticia de Un Secuestro

By Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Truevine: An Extraordinary True Story of Two Brothers and a Mother's Love

By Macy, Beth

Don't Forget to Write: The true story of an evacuee and her family

By Hobbs, Pam

Judy: A Dog in a Million: From Runaway Puppy to the World's Most Heroic Dog

By Lewis, Damien

When Youth Was Mine: A Memoir of Kerry 1902-1925

By Murphy, Jeremiah

A Pity Youth Does Not Last: Reminiscences of the Last of the Great Blasket Island's Poets and Storytellers (Oxford Paperback Series)

By O'Guiheen, Micheal

Churchill (Questions and Analysis in History)

By Heywood, Samantha