 | The Greeks (Penguin History) by H. Kitto
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £1.32 Wonderfully well written introduction: history, personality and motivation of the classical greeks
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 | The Crusades (BBC Books) by Alan Ereira
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.65 Balanced and very entertaining: Terry Jones and A.Ereira have created an accessible overview of the cursades
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 | The Great Mutiny: India, 1857 by Christopher Hibbert
Buy used from: £2.27 I could have picked anything written by Christopher Hibbet - an utterly reliable entertainer and informer: see also his waterloo and civil war treatments
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 | Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-13 by Sergeant Bourgogne
Buy used from: £3.94 First hand account of Napoleons biggest mistake - demands compassion and imparts insight
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 | Costello: The True Story of a Peninsular War Rifleman by Edward Costello
Buy used from: £26.98 Describes peninsular war using quotes from many classic first hand sources. Gripping
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 | 1066: The Year of The Three Battles by F.J. McLynn
Buy new: £9.97 / Used from: £6.29 Includes biographies and fresh interpretation of evidence - a page turner
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 | Byzantium: v. 1: The Early Centuries: The Early Centuries v. 1 by John Julius Norwich
Buy new: £8.08 / Used from: £3.75 Facinatingly broad sweep of history, presented with focus on influential individuals
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 | Wellington in India (Greenhill Military Paperback) by Jac Weller
Buy used from: £76.56 Excellent coverage of a less well known phase in Wellington's life
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 | The Iliad (Classics) by Homer
Buy used from: £0.01 Myth or history: either way the homer virgin may be surprised by the accessibility of this 3000 year old story
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