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Peacemakers Six Months That Changed the World: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End WarPeacemakers Six Months That Changed the World: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War by Margaret Macmillan
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Paris 1919, the making of the present.
The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and RomeThe Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by Robin Lane Fox
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Great introduction to the Classical world
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
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Napoleon, Russia, winter and the inevitable outcome
First LightFirst Light by Geoffrey Wellum
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Personal account of an English Spitfire pilot in the second worldwar
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story Of The Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest MutinyBatavia's Graveyard: The True Story Of The Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny by Mike Dash
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A Dutch ship and the bloodiest mutiny in history
The Island At The Centre Of The World : " The Untold Story Of The Founding Of New York " :The Island At The Centre Of The World : " The Untold Story Of The Founding Of New York " : by Russell Shorto
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The origins of New York, the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam
ShackletonShackleton by Roland Huntford
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Biography of Shackleton: the complete failure of an Antarctic expedition and the miraculous escape of team
Berlin: The Downfall 1945Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor
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Götterdämmerung for Berlin
StalingradStalingrad by Antony Beevor
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Hitler, Russia, winter and the inevitable outcome
Blenheim: Battle for Europe , How two men stopped the French conquest of EuropeBlenheim: Battle for Europe , How two men stopped the French conquest of Europe by Charles Spencer
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Louis XIV, Duke of Marlborough and Eugen of Savoy: the Battle of Höchstädt (1704)
Stalin: The Court of the Red TsarStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Stalin and the many faces of evil
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, WhoreHelen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore by Bettany Hughes
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Across times and continents in search of Helen
A Short History of ByzantiumA Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
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A great introduction to the lost world of the Eastern Roman Empire
Over the Edge of the WorldOver the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
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A exciting account of the first circumnavigation of the world
The Bedford Boys: One Small Town's Ultimate D-Day SacrificeThe Bedford Boys: One Small Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice by Alex Kershaw
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D-Day for a small American town and the devastating effect this had
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the WestPersian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland
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The famous battles of Thermopylae and Salamis well told
Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the BattleAgincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle by Juliet Barker
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Great story of one of the most famous battles in English history: Agincourt
Rising '44: The Battle for WarsawRising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies
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The tragic story of brave Poles to liberate their country from Nazism, but defeated by Stalin's cynicism and Englands inability to support
White Gold: The Forgotten Story of North Africa's One Million European SlavesWhite Gold: The Forgotten Story of North Africa's One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton
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Shocking tale of a Cornish fisherboy ending up as a white slave in North Africa