 | The Victorians by A.N. Wilson
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £0.80 A.N. Wilson's masterpiece on the Victorian era. Scholarly, funny and highly opinionated. Great stuff.
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 | After the Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew by A.N. Wilson
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.99 The next volume of this hugely enjoyable trilogy. Rich, witty and argumentative.
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 | Our Times by A.N. Wilson
Buy new: £15.50 / Used from: £12.72 The final volume which will likely drive some readers round the bend. Opinionated, serious, and more entertaining than most other modern history books (especially Andrew Marr's).
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 | Never Again: Britain 1945-1951 by Peter Hennessy
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £5.49 Award winning first volume of Hennessy's great modern history.
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 | Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £3.75 Magisterial account by a fine historian.
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 | Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 (Tales of a New Jerusalem) by David Kynaston
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.95 A great companion to the above volumes. I personally prefer this, as it's more entertaining.
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 | Third Reich Trilogy by Richard J. Evans
This is a seminal multi-volume study of the Third Reich which should be on everyones shelf. A masterpiece.
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 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Buy new: £12.28 / Used from: £8.36 One of the great single-volume works on the Third Reich. Has some questionable comments on homosexuality which wouldn't be published today -- but it's still a classic one-volume study.
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 | The Third Reich: A New History by Michael Burleigh
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.39 I personally prefer this recent mammoth book by the great Michael Burleigh than the above read. It will take a brave man to write another Third Reich history after this classic.
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 | Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £10.39 / Used from: £4.82 Volume 1 of Ian Kershaw's monumental history of Hitler.
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 | Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis (Allen Lane History) by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £5.81 Volume 2
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 | Hitler, The Germans, and the Final Solution by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £14.72 / Used from: £8.50 I found this a tough read in places, but it was worthwhile. Huge historical debates over controversial topics, and backed up with decades long meticulous scholarship and research.
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 | Earthly Powers: The Conflict Between Religion & Politics from the French Revolution to the Great War by Michael Burleigh
Buy new: £6.95 / Used from: £2.89 A truly masterful book and intellectually rewarding. Burleigh is a great defender of religion, and a scathing critic of secular fundamentalism and tyranny.
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 | Sacred Causes: Religion and Politics from the European Dictators to Al Qaeda by Michael Burleigh
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.57 An excellent comprehensive follow-up which ends with Al-Qaeda and Islamofascism today. (Ignore the one-star reviewers from the left-wing pro-IRA fan club) Read it.
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 | World War One: A Short History by Norman Stone
Buy new: £4.39 / Used from: £1.75 Fine, short, accessible history of WW1 by the great historian of the "Eastern Front". A firecracker of a book.
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 | Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel by Andrew Roberts
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £3.50 Another great history book by Roberts. Fascinating study of two great men and their relationship.
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 | Masters and Commanders: The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II by Andrew Roberts
Buy new: £17.50 / Used from: £8.84 I couldn't put this great book down when I bought it. The relationship between the four men is fascinating, and a joy to read. My favourite historian.
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 | Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
Buy new: £7.59 / Used from: £2.25 There are hundreds of books on Alexander of Macedon, but this in my view is the best. It was a labour-of-love for the author and that shines through. Don't let that terrible Stone movie put you off.
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 | Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography by P Green
Buy new: £11.63 / Used from: £6.86 This is my second favourite Alexander book. It is excellent. Great diagrams, maps and tactical analysis too.
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 | Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness by Guy MacLean Rogers
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £9.88 My third favourite about the complex ambiguous genius. An absorbing read which has relevance for our ages as he compares him with the tyrants of our time.
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 | The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds 1600 BC - AD 1600 by Andrew Roberts
Buy new: £7.50 / Used from: £11.07 Edited by Andrew Roberts, this is the brilliant first volume. I absolutely loved these books.
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 | The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Modern World Since 1600 by Andrew Roberts
Buy new: £7.50 / Used from: £16.73 Edited by Andrews Roberts, this is the superb second volume.
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