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Historical Biographies starting 1901

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A Moment of War

By Lee, Laurie

To the Edge of the Sky

By Gao, Anhua

The Clinton Wars: An Insider's Account of the White House Years

By Blumenthal, Sidney

Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man

By Tomalin, Claire

The Mystery of Olga Chekhova: The true story of a family torn apart by revolution and war

By Beevor, Antony

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt - The Home Front in World War II

By Goodwin, Doris Kearns

RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (Richard Nixon Library Editions)

By Nixon, Richard M.

After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist: 5 (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures)

By Geertz, Clifford

Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II: 2

By Caro, Robert A.

The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China

By Carr, Caleb

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

By McNamara, Robert S., Robert S. McNamara

The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family

By Bumiller, Elisabeth

Mandy: Unauthorised Biography of Peter Mandelson

By Routledge, Paul

Isaiah Berlin (Readers' Subscription Book Club)

By Gray, John

The Private Life of Chairman Mao: The Inside Story of the Man Who Made Modern China

By Li, Zhisui

A Child in the Forest

By Foley, Winifred

Princess: Autobiography of the Dowager Maharani of Gwalior (Lives & Letters S.)

By Scindia, Vijayarje, Malgonkar, Manohar

Witnesses Of The Russian Revolution

By Pitcher, Harvey

Betty Boothroyd: The Autobiography

By Boothroyd, Betty, Betty Boothroyd

The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1)

By Caro, Robert A

David Lloyd George: Architect of Change, 1863-1912: A Political Life

By Gilbert, Bentley B.

Left for Dead: The Untold Story of the Tragic 1979 Fastnet Race

By Nick Ward, Sinead O'Brien

Left for Dead: The Untold Story of the Tragic 1979 Fastnet Race

By Ward, Nick, O'Brien, Sinéad

Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis (Allen Lane History)

By Kershaw, Ian

Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants (Authorised Biog Vol 2)

By Moore, Charles

The Prime Minister: The Office And Its Holders Since 1945

By Hennessy, Peter

John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963

By Dallek, Robert

I'm Not The Only One

By Galloway, George

Letter from America: 1946-2004

By Cooke, Alistair

The Retreat from Burma (Battle Standards)

By Lunt, James