 | Challenging De Gaulle: O.A.S. and the Counter-revolution in Algeria, 1954-62 by Alexander Harrison
Buy new: £49.94 / Used from: £35.25 The only English language book on the terrorist war waged by the Pied Noir against the De Gaulle government. A classic work. Harrison searches high and low to interview the last participants.
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 | Time to Emigrate? by George Walden
Buy new: £1.35 / Used from: £0.01 Former Tory MP George Walden speaks out against 'Modern Britain' in this highly charged polemic.
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 | Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £3.99 The first of a rash of books on the career of Sir Francis Walsingham. Well worth a read!
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 | A Brief History of the Hundred Years War: The English in France, 1337-1453 by Desmond Seward
Buy new: £3.10 / Used from: £2.45 A highly informative look at the bloody series of conflicts between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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 | Edmund Burke (Vintage Lives) by Conor Cruise O'Brien
The abridged version of the Cruiser's original "Great Melody". Informative, but somewhat hard work.
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 | Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £0.01 Real life Boy's Own adventure set in World War Two, where the London underworld meets the Nazis and MI6. Brilliant stuff!
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 | Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce by Nigel Farndale
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.64 Easily the most enjoyable read of the year. A well written and gripping biography of a fool, based on Joyce's original papers and diaries. Reads like a good novel.
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 | Hitler's Spy Chief: The Wilhelm Canaris Mystery (Cassell) by Richard Bassett
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £0.01 A rather dull biography of one of the most enigmatic figures in the Second World War. Whilst it gives the facts, there is little in the way of analysis of character.
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 | The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £2.38 Eccentric and droll. G.K. Chesterton parodies nationalism and regional identity. It is particularly topical in today's post-devolution Britain. An amusing Edwardian classic.
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 | The Gamblers by John Pearson
Buy new: £2.94 / Used from: £0.98 John Pearson paints a fascinating picture of the Goldsmith-Aspinall circle. There is also an interesting walk-on part for a certain Lord "Lucky Lucan. A fascinating read.
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 | Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship, 1915-1945 by Richard Bosworth
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £4.97 A real 'dull as ditch' cantor through the history of the Italian dictatorship. Very boring. You will probably fall asleep by the fourth chapter. I think I deserve a medal for finishing it!
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 | The Truth about Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President by Edward Klein
Buy new: £6.80 / Used from: £0.33 Critical biography of Hilary Clinton. Well-researched and quite detailed.
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 | Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Buy used from: £3.50 Orwell's classic report of his service in the Spanish Civil War and his personal experiences at the hands of the Soviets. A 'must' read for anyone interested in 20th Century politics.
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 | Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Eminent Lives) by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £7.51 / Used from: £2.90 This is not one of those 'laugh out loud' Bryson books, but it does provide a clear, concise and balanced view of the few facts that we know about the Bard. A nice easy read.
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 | See You in November: The Story of an SAS Assassin by Peter Stiff
Buy used from: £56.47 Set at the time of Rhodesia's Bush War in the 1970's, this is the somewhat depressing story of one Welshman's counter-terrorist campaign in Zambia on behalf of the Rhodesian CIO.
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 | The Kennedy Conspiracy by Anthony Summers
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £4.99 The definative Kennedy conspiracy theory book. A classic of the genre.
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