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Biography: historical, political & military
"Poignant, sometimes harrowing." -Wall Street JournalThe defense lawyer for Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, the Selma marchers, and other civil rights heroes reveals the true story of the historic trial that made Dr. King a national hero. Fred..
31.76£
Brand: Orion
Some of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's diaries provide a witty and irreverant insider's account of political life in Britain. Now in one volume.'From the moment the first scabrous and brilliant volume was published, people..
21.44£
Brand: The History Press
Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into his 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by his unappreciative country, and it has become h..
22.90£
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
In the conventional story of Rome's collapse, violent "barbarians" destroy "civilisation". Yet from a different point of view, those stale generalities become a history shockingly alive and relevant. Alaric grew up near the border that separated Go..
27.73£
Brand: Head of Zeus
You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father. 'I was swept up by the story. I thought it 'out-Dickens' Dickens in the unlikeliness of this man's rise from his humble beginnings ..
22.16£
ISBN: 9780743284264Publisher: FreeImprint: FreePublished date: 01 Nov 2006DEWEY: 947.081092DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 462Weight: 449gHeight: 212mmWidth: 141mmSpine width: 29mm..
17.86£ 20.70£
Brand: Simon & Schuster
Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) was one of history's great generals, a man studied by Caesar and Napoleon, among hundreds of others. He was born to the king of Macedon and educated by Aristotle, whose inquiring mind Alexander apprecia..
22.46£
Brand: OUP Oxford
'He was a man like no other man has ever been' So Arrian sums up the career of Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 BC), who in twelve years that changed the world led his army in conquest of a vast empire extending from the Danube to the rivers ..
12.88£
Winner of the Gold Medal for Memoir/Biography from the Military Writers Society of America A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A whale of a tale, told clearly and quickly. I read the entire book in almost one sitting."--Thomas E. Ricks, Ne..
21.14£
Brand: Random House
A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarisation and political crisis. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable sec..
25.59£
Brand: Duckworth Books
The definitive biography of perhaps the most respected political figure in the world - updated to include her final months in office Matthew Qvortrup's definitive and insightful biography of Angela Merkel is essential reading for anyone interested i..
18.14£
Brand: Transworld
'It is Arbella they would proclaim Queen if her mistress should happen to die' Sir William Stanley, 1592Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that sh..
18.50£
On 27 June 1918, the Llandovery Castle, a Canadian hospital ship returning to England, was sunk by a German U-boat in contravention of international law. Two hundred and thirty-four crew members died, including fourteen nursing sisters. It was the m..
22.99£
Brand: North Atlantic Books
Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail 'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth 'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer 'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week 'Terrific' Observer Throughout history there ha..
18.81£
Brand: Orion
'Masterly' - Robert Harris, author of Imperium 'Essential reading for anyone interested in Ancient Rome' Independent*****Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years befo..
15.21£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
'A ripping read ... fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox' Daily TelegraphWas Niccolò Machiavelli really the cynical schemer of legend - or was he a profound ethical thinker, who tried to save the democratic freedom of Renaissance Florence as ..
14.68£
Brand: Random House
"An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II."-Jon Meacham"A valuable book for anyone who wants to know how adversity shapes character. By unde..
36.64£
Brand: Upstart Press
One of the New Zealand's most recognisable politicians; Chatty and reflective - yet brutally honest; 'You can do it' Kiwi approach ISBN: 9781990003042Publisher: Upstart PressImprint: Upstart PressPublished date: 28 Jan 2022DEWEY: 993.038092DEWEY edi..
23.88£
Brand: Indiana University Press
The personal letters of Americans during the Civil War preserve first-person records of news, people, and emotions that humanize the horrific events of the war and provide unique insights into the conflict's effects on individuals, families, communi..
23.83£
Brand: The History Press
Beyond the Gatehouse is a lighthearted, witty but factual biographical account of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of some of England's best-known country houses. Extraordinary buildings require extraordinary people, and over t..
17.97£
Brand: Random House
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history; a gripping story of sisterhood and betrayal from the bestselling author of Wild Swans.They were the most famous sisters in Ch..
18.16£
Originally published in 1966, Miguel Barnet's Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written history of the life of Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier fighting against Spain in the Cuban War o..
30.76£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint LouvertureThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a ..
15.32£
Brand: Oneworld Publications
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London chur..
15.78£