 | Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal Of Unionism by Dean Godson
Buy new: £12.75 / Used from: £0.01 Brilliant biography of a well-meaning politician who misjudged the feeling of his community. An exceptional political biography.
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 | The London Monster: A Sanguinary Tale by Jan Bondeson
Buy used from: £4.31 What a nutty book! This is the off-beat true story of a man who stabbed ladies in the botton in the London of the 1790's. Very strange indeed.
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 | Public Servant, Secret Agent: The Elusive Life and Violent Death of Airey Neave by Paul Routledge
Buy used from: £0.72 Riverting biography of the war hero and spy who would later guide Margaret Thatcher to the leadership of the Conservative Party. Well researched and enjoyable.
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 | The Great Deception: Can the European Union Survive? by Christopher Booker
Buy new: £10.76 / Used from: £9.00 Very detailed and impressive Eurosceptic history of the European Union. Simply the best book available on the subject. read it now!
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 | Jack of Jumps by David Seabrook
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £1.54 The depressing story of a real life serial killer who was never caught. Set against a background of West London in the Swingin' Sixties, but, be warned, there is no Austin Powers here.
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 | The Likes of Us: A Biography of the White Working Class by Michael Collins
Buy used from: £0.01 Whatever happened to London's working class? This book charts their decline, exile and fall.
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 | King Mob (Sutton History Classics) by Christopher Hibbert
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £1.70 Lord George Gordon and the anti-Catholic riots in London in 1780. Hibbert's account is deservedly famous.
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 | Neville Chamberlain (Reputations) by David Dutton
Buy new: £24.99 / Used from: £14.36 Dutton examines the tragic political failure that was Neville Chamberlain. Whilst he is sympathetic to Chamberlain, he is not part of the revisionist movement who seek to restore his reputation.
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 | Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd
Buy new: £5.92 / Used from: £0.01 Funny old novel, this. It captures the atmosphere of Victorian London well, but, in the end, amounts to little more than a reworking of the Jack the Ripper story.
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 | A Savage War of Peace by Alistair Horne
Buy used from: £13.47 A real classic of military history. This is the greatest book in English on the Algerian War of the 1950's and early '60's. Do not hesitate to buy it.
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 | Stasiland by Anna Funder
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £9.75 Life in the East German Communist state was really, really ghastly. This book describes the real life experiences of average citizens of the GDR.
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 | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Life for a child growing up in Rhodesia during the Bush War of the 1970's. Very well written, it describes the tough pioneer lifestyles of farmers and their families.
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 | King Leopold's Ghost: A story of greed, terror and herois by Adam Hochschild
Buy used from: £4.70 Welcome to the real 'Heart of Darkness': Leopold's Congo in the early 20th Century. A tale of cruelty and the campaign to relieve suffering. Riverting.
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 | Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945 by Frederick Taylor
Buy new: £5.51 / Used from: £0.01 A history of the Dresden raids that goes some way to rehabilitating the reputation of Sir Arthur Harris. The author makes a compelling case.
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 | Great Battles: Agincourt by Christopher Hibbert
Buy used from: £7.55 Once more unto the breach, dear friends! A good standard and well paced history.
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 | The First Day on the Somme (Penguin Classic Military History) by Martin Middlebrook
Buy used from: £3.48 Another true military classic. Very powerful.
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 | Talk of the Devil by Riccardo Orizio
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £0.01 Vile dictators in retirement. The world's greatest human rights violators of yesteryear are tracked down by the author.
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 | House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger
Buy used from: £0.58 George Bush's past business connections to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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 | Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore by Noel Barber
Buy used from: £7.24 The darkest moment in the history of the British Empire? Barber's book ratchets up the tension.
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 | Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £3.93 America is not as good at the Empire business as the Brits were!
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