 | A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes
Buy used from: £10.89 A massive book, but gripping throughout. Like the way Figes inserts stories about ordinary Russians against the background of the 1917 revolutions
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 | Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £0.67 Again, a large book, but the narrative and the analytical chapters of the two dictators is interesting and readable throughout.
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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: £2.45 Never knew a thing about Byzantium, but reading this and the background of other medieval events (Crusades, fall of Rome, rise of Islam) had me hooked - likewise the other 2 volumes
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 | A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume 1: The Birth of Britain by Winston S. Churchill
Buy used from: £375.08 For narrative history, Churchill had to go in this list (along with the other 3 volumes). Better than Schama
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 | Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Buy new: £5.90 / Used from: £1.56 Really good book, which I liked for the personal detail of Stalin's correspondance and personal relationships against the background of his wife's suicide/the 1930s purges etc
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 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Buy used from: £1.48 Highly readable account of Henry VIII, his wives and the other events of his reign. Alison Weir's other Tudor books are good too
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 | The Lancaster and York: Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
Buy used from: £5.00 Never knew about the Wars of the Roses, and this was an excellent account that filled me in nicely
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 | Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis (Allen Lane History) by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £5.80 A very good, readable Hitler biography - vol 1 is good too
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 | The English Civil War: At First Hand by Tristram Hunt
Buy used from: £3.12 Very good concise overview of the issues and the events - useful for introduction to the Civil War
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 | Elizabeth I (Women In History) by Anne Somerset
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £0.01 Highly readable and thorough account of Liz 1's long reign
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 | Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.01 After a slow start, its pace and summary of events is lively and interesting
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