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Description: A brilliant new reading of the Bayeux Tapestry that radically alters our understanding of the events of 1066 and reveals the astonishing story of the survival of early medieval Europe's greatest treasure. Harper Perennial 1066, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Andrew Bridgeford - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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ISBN: 9781841150413

Description: The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world's first office computer and the Lyons Teashop. Harper Perennial A Computer Called LEO, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Georgina Ferry - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Lyons,John Simmons,LEO

ISBN: 9781841151861

Description: The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. Harper Perennial The Peloponnesian War, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Donald Kagan - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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ISBN: 9780007115068

Description: An exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world - Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history. Harper Perennial Waterloo, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Andrew Roberts, Series edited by Lisa Jardine and Amanda Foreman - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Napoleon Bonaparte,Napoleon,Wellington,Blucher,Ney,Hougoumont,Quatre Bras

ISBN: 9780007190768

Description: Populated by many of the most iconic figures of the twentieth-century, 'Sacred Causes' provides a brilliant examination of how religion has shaped twentieth-century Europe from the Great War until the modern-day 'War on Terror'. Harper Perennial Sacred Causes, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Michael Burleigh - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: religion,politics,twentieth-century

ISBN: 9780007195756

Description: From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. Harper Perennial White Mughals, Non-Fiction, Paperback, William Dalrymple - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: James Kirkpatrick,Sir Arthur Wellesley,India,Raj,Hyderabad,East India Company,imperial,colonial,hybrid,native,Samuel Johnson prize

ISBN: 9780006550969

Description: A delightful and fascinating social history of Victorians at leisure, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of nineteenth-century men and women, from the author of the bestselling 'The Victorian House'. Harper Perennial Consuming Passions, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Judith Flanders - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: fun,seaside,great exhibition,gardening,glens,costume,coach,crystal palace,industrialisation,consumerism

ISBN: 9780007172962

Description: An epic social history of steamship travel from the 19th-century to the 'Lusitania', the 'Mauretania' and the 'Titanic'. Harper Perennial The Ocean Railway, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Stephen Fox - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Isambard Kingdom Brunel,Samuel Cunard

ISBN: 9780006532163

Description: A remarkable popular history of the English Civil War, from the perspectives of those involved in this most significant turning point in British history. Harper Perennial The English Civil War, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Diane Purkiss - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: English civil wars,Oliver Cromwell,Charles I,Cromwell,Milton,military history,monarchy,Henrietta Maria,Cavaliers,witchcraft,parliament,New Model Army,Roundheads,Puritans

ISBN: 9780007150625

Description: In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writer's eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present. A bold and brilliant debut from a prize-winning new writer. Harper Perennial The Trial, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Sadakat Kadri - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Governemt,Judicial

ISBN: 9780007111220

Description: One of our most eminent historians presents a powerful look at the buildup to and aftermath of one of the most decisive moments of World War II - Kristallnacht - not only for the Jewish population suddenly identified as a group to be destroyed, but also in terms of the international response it inspired and its larger implications. Harper Perennial Kristallnacht, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Martin Gilbert, Series edited by Lisa Jardine and Amanda Foreman - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: World War II,Kindertransport,Hitler,Jews

ISBN: 9780007196043

Description: Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementing its position as a major player on the European stage and saviour of the Holy Roman Empire. Harper Perennial Marlborough, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Richard Holmes - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: John Churchill,John Churchill,Holy Roman Empire,Blenheim,Malplaquet,British military history,Duke of Marlborough,Military history,Ramilies,battles,soldier,British history,Oudenarde,commander

ISBN: 9780007225729

Description: In one of the most explosive and hotly debated books of the past year, Sir Peregrine Worsthorne presents a reactionary and playful look at the origins, evolution and demise of the aristocracy and what we can expect to replace them. Harper Perennial Democracy Needs Aristocracy, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Peregrine Worsthorne - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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ISBN: 9780007183166

Description: A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne. Harper Perennial After Elizabeth, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Leanda de Lisle - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Of,history,The

ISBN: 9780007126651

Description: 'Irresistible.history at its most human. Elegant and addictively readable.' William Dalrymple. Harper Perennial Courtesans, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Katie Hickman - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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ISBN: 9780007113927

Description: A powerful biography of Spain's great king, Juan Carlos, by the pre-eminent writer on 20th-century Spanish history. Harper Perennial Juan Carlos, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Paul Preston - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Juan Carlos, King of Spain

ISBN: 9780006386933

Description: The bestselling author of 'Maharanis' recreates the lives of six remarkable women who, in a time of violent revolution, leapt at the chance to exercise their considerable charm, intelligence and acumen, and make their mark on history. Harper Perennial Liberty, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Lucy Moore - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: French Revolution,Talleyrand,women’s history,Reign of Terror

ISBN: 9780007206025

Description: In one corner, a godless young warrior, Voltaire's heralded 'philosopher-king', the It Boy of the Enlightenment. In the other, a devout if bad-tempered old composer of 'outdated' music, a scorned genius in his last years. The sparks from their brief conflict illuminate a turbulent age. Harper Perennial Evening in the Palace of Reason, Non-Fiction, Paperback, James Gaines - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Frederick II of Prussia,Johann Sebastian Bach

ISBN: 9780007153930

Description: An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. Harper Perennial Britain BC, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Francis Pryor - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Pre-Roman Britain,Archaeology,Ancient Britain,British prehistory,Iron Age,Stonehenge Britannia,Avebury,Seahenge,Bronze Age,Palaeolithic,Bend of the Boyne,Ancient Ireland,Irish prehistory,Neolithic

ISBN: 9780007126934

Description: 'Men's lives are a perpetual conflict. The life that I have mapped out will be so especially - as lawyer and politician. Woman's function is to pour oil on the wounds - to heal the bruises of spirit.and to stimulate to renewed exertion.'. Harper Perennial The Pain and the Privilege, Non-Fiction, Paperback, Ffion Hague - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Keywords: Lloyd George,British history,women,relationships,Welsh goat,family,Irish history,prime minister,marriage,mistress,Lloyd George,womaniser,scandals,children

ISBN: 9780007219506