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Spy Who Loved

By Clare Mulley

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Published 11-Apr-2013


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The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre.


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Not for Turning

By Robin Harris

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Published 25-Apr-2013


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Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. This autobiography tells her life story, from humble beginnings above her father's shop in Grantham, to her days as the Prime Minister.


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Last Man Standing

By Jack Straw

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Published 23-May-2013


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The autobiography of Jack Straw - an MP for thirty-three years and at the heart of government throughout the longest-serving Labour administration in history


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Cherry

By Sara Wheeler

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Published 31-Aug-2002


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Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry.


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Graven with Diamonds

By Nicola Shulman

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Published 07-Apr-2011


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In this witty, intriguing, accessible account, Nicola Shulman interweaves the bloody events of Henry's reign with the story of English love poetry and the life of its first master, Henry's most glamorous and enigmatic subject: Sir Thomas Wyatt.


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Counting One's Blessings

By William Shawcross

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Published 09-May-2013


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The Queen Mother's witty, entertaining and insightful correspondence, published together for the first time.


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Tale of Frieda Keysser

By John H J Strehlow

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English Affair

By Richard Davenport-Hines

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Published 03-Jan-2013


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Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.


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If This is a Man/The Truce

By Primo Levi

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Published 04-Apr-2013


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Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

By Reuel Golden

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Published 25-Nov-2012


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In honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - 60 years on the throne, this title celebrates the extraordinary private and public life of Her Majesty. It tells her royal story through hundreds of photographs taken from multiple archives in the United Kingdom (including the Royal Collection), Continental Europe, and the United States.


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