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The All-Time Best Historical Books
The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of IndependenceThe State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £5.40
fascinating overview of the reasons for the current state of Africa
Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeInto the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Buy used from: £1.96
brings you inside the mind of Captain Cook
Over the Edge of the WorldOver the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
Buy new: £8.57 / Used from: £5.99
gripping first hand accounts of Magellan's journey
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman RepublicRubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.01
story of the end of the Roman Republic reads like a thriller
ImperiumImperium by Robert Harris
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a semi-fictional account of the rise to power of Rome's greatest orator
The Shackled Continent: Africa's Past, Present and FutureThe Shackled Continent: Africa's Past, Present and Future by Robert Guest
Buy new: £5.80 / Used from: £3.36
no holds barred look at Africa past and present
Berlin: The Downfall 1945Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor
Buy new: £5.76 / Used from: £4.47
join the front line during the last days of WWII