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Histories that read like wonderful novels
Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary SurgeonDigging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon by Druin Burch
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Blood, boldness & revolutions - told with a surprisingly personal touch - enthralling!
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest ExplorerStanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal
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Jewel of an account of adventure and personal exploration
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple
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Vivid and lively, as well as sad and evocative
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-century EnglandThe Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-century England by Adrian Tinniswood
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One family and a whole century!
Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of a Great English DynastyBlack Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of a Great English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey
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Bailey mines riches out of this story of coal
Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 by Patrick Bishop
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The memories and stories of men whose lives made history
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French RevolutionCitizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama
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An account of the French Revolution that grips like a soap opera and touches like a poem
Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 by E Cockayne
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Filthy in almost the best possible way
More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early YearsMore Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years by John Major
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The first of May will never seem the same
Young StalinYoung Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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The world's most successful terrorist
Vulcan 607Vulcan 607 by Rowland White
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Boy's own story of heroism & patriotic Britishness
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsGuns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond
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Slightly hard work sometimes, but worth it
A Guinea Pig's History of BiologyA Guinea Pig's History of Biology by Jim Endersby
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Attractive & vividly written account of the species that made science possible