Biography: historical, political & military books

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Comrade Sau

Comrade Sau

Author: Firos Iseu
ISBN: 9781398496255
Format: Paperback
$34.19

'Thursday 17 April 1975 is the day that I will never forget until the day I die. That was the day the Khmer Rouge...  Read More >>

George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and the Whigs

George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and...

Author: Brigid Allen
ISBN: 9780718897451
Format: Hardback
$129.38

An illuminating insight into the sibling pair George and Emily Eden that traces their interlocking private and public...  Read More >>

Paid In Full: Tales of Bravery & Sacrifice

Paid In Full: Tales of Bravery & Sacrifice

Author: Ken Byerly
ISBN: 9798869228499
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Step back in time to an era when the nation was torn asunder by conflict, and the unforgiving Vietnam War exacted...  Read More >>

Extraordinary Ordinary Women - of North Wiltshire

Extraordinary Ordinary Women - of North Wiltshire

Author: Lucy Whitfield
ISBN: 9781914407666
Format: Paperback
$44.85

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Her Truth and Service: Lucy Diggs Slowe in Her Own Words

Her Truth and Service: Lucy Diggs Slowe in Her Own Words...

Author: Lucy Diggs Slowe ,  Amy Yeboah Quarkume
ISBN: 9780231212120
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) was one of the most remarkable and accomplished figures in the history of Black women’s...  Read More >>

Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor

Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor

Author: Donald J. Robertson
ISBN: 9780300256666
Format: Hardback
$39.95

Experience the world of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame, with...  Read More >>

Unforgivable: Through a Child's Eyes

Unforgivable: Through a Child's Eyes

Author: I Caroline Crocker
ISBN: 9781957970110
Format: Hardback
$76.43

The true story of an abused, fatherless, neurodivergent, and part-Jewish boy who lived through WWII-and found the...  Read More >>

Churchill: A Life in Cartoons

Churchill: A Life in Cartoons

Author: Tim Benson
ISBN: 9781529153286
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A cartoon biography of Winston Churchill, featuring some of the greatest and wittiest portraits of the iconic British...  Read More >>

In the Name of my Father: Struggling for Freedom in Afghanistan

In the Name of my Father: Struggling for Freedom in...

Author: Ahmad Massoud
ISBN: 9781645720966
Format: Paperback
$50.13

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Comrade Sau

Comrade Sau

Author: Firos Iseu
ISBN: 9781398496262
Format: Hardback
$73.79

'Thursday 17 April 1975 is the day that I will never forget until the day I die. That was the day the Khmer Rouge...  Read More >>

Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill: The Private and Personal Letters

Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill: The Private...

Author: Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill ,  James Drake
ISBN: 9781399408189
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A specially curated selection of Churchill's key correspondence, designed to take you behind the scenes of great...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting...

Author: Elizabeth Winkler
ISBN: 9781982171278
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote...  Read More >>

Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power: An inspirational can-do book from the star of 'SAS: Who Dares Wins'

Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power:...

Author: Rudy Reyes
ISBN: 9781529429534
Format: Paperback
$26.99

An inspirational can-do book from the newest star of SAS Who Dares Wins.  Read More >>

The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life

The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public...

Author: Theresa May
ISBN: 9781035409914
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Former Prime Minister Theresa May exposes the abuse of power by public institutions and politicians in a series...  Read More >>

SAS Great Escapes Three: Gripping True Escape Stories Executed by World War Two Heroes

SAS Great Escapes Three: Gripping True Escape Stories...

Author: Damien Lewis
ISBN: 9781529429442
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The new bestseller from Damien Lewis, the Regiment's de facto historian.  Read More >>

Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine

Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine...

Author: Julian Sayarer
ISBN: 9781529439793
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Award-winning travel writer cycles through Israel and occupied Palestine.  Read More >>

Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble

Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind...

Author: Deesha Dyer
ISBN: 9781538741696
Format: Hardback
$76.56

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True Tales of the Olympic Peninsula

True Tales of the Olympic Peninsula

Author: Carol Turner
ISBN: 9781467154628
Format: Paperback
$65.97

A magnificent landscape of rugged peaks, impenetrable rainforest and wild coastlines, Washington's Olympic Peninsula...  Read More >>

Queens of Bohemia: And Other Miss-Fits

Queens of Bohemia: And Other Miss-Fits

Author: Darren Coffield
ISBN: 9781803995748
Format: Hardback
$69.99

The first book on the women of bohemian London, who broke all of society’s taboos and helped to shape modern Britain...  Read More >>

The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union

The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight...

Author: Stephen Puleo
ISBN: 9781250276278
Format: Hardback
$84.48

The groundbreaking biography of a forgotten civil rights hero. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery...  Read More >>

Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates

Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates

Author: Richard Blakemore
ISBN: 9781803991733
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Shining a light on who pirates really were, and how the well-known ‘skull and crossbones’ Hollywood stereotype evolved...  Read More >>

Nefarious: A Life in Crime – My Life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and Other Faces

Nefarious: A Life in Crime – My Life with Joey Pyle,...

Author: Ronnie Field ,  Martin Knight
ISBN: 9780008659035
Format: Hardback
$50.00

Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial...  Read More >>

Lake Whatcom: A History

Lake Whatcom: A History

Author: H Leon Greene
ISBN: 9781467155533
Format: Paperback
$65.97

"Timber mills, coal mines and a carnival. In the late 1800s, Lake Whatcom emerged as both the key to the growth...  Read More >>

Rivals in the Storm: How Lloyd George seized power, won the war and lost his government

Rivals in the Storm: How Lloyd George seized power,...

Author: Damian Collins
ISBN: 9781399407106
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A vivid biography in cinematic snapshots of David Lloyd George, one of the world's greatest statesmen.  Read More >>

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