Christmas 2025: History
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The untold story of a remarkable neighbourhood and the battle to define modern London.Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Seven Dials was one of London's most diverse neighbourhoods, home to migrant and working-class communities, bohemian clubs…
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Bestselling social historian Juliet Nicolson looks at three generation of women, and what the changing nature of the secrets they have kept tells us about our world -- and what makes us tick'I cannot recommend it highly enough' INDIA…
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'Making Francisco Franco's long life and 38 years of dictatorship enjoyable reading is a daunting challenge ... Giles Tremlett nonetheless succeeds magnificently' PAUL PRESTON'An excellent biography – compelling,…
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A remarkable micro-history from the author of The Sleepwalkers and Revolutionary SpringNow part of the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, the former Prussian and German port of Königsberg has always been a somewhat…
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'One of the best narrative histories I've read' Wall Street JournalFrom the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, “the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,”* comes a spellbinding narrative of the most infamous…
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An unforgettable father-son story and portrait of Indigenous North America, announcing a major new talentA SERVICE95 BOOKCLUB HYPE READ FOR OCTOBER + HARPERS BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF AUTUMN 2025'A powerful, beautiful,…
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025A thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s - a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.'Brilliant ... An astonishing window…
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The real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. Based on original archival research by History Hit podcast presenter Dr…
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences'Authoritative, well-reported and elegantly written... If you…
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The story of a hotel. The story of a nation.BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionA sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan – the first book from one of the…
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A gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.In this ground-breaking book, two leading experts provide the definitive guide to British folklore past and present.Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook explore folklore in all…
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From the bestselling author of The Bronx is Burning, a superlative account of the New York at a dramatic turning point in its historyA Foyles Top Ten Read for AugustFrom bestselling author Jonathan Mahler, comes a sweeping…
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A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th-century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign.From the acclaimed author of The Pursuit of Glory and Frederick the Great, a riotous biography of the charismatic…
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