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Flappers

By Judith Mackrell

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Published 23-May-2013


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A gripping biography of six extraordinary women who, in their very different ways, epitomise the decade they came of age - the 1920s


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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey

By Lady Almina

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Published 29-Sep-2011


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The remarkable story behind the real Downton Abbey


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Servants

By Lucy Lethbridge

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Published 14-Mar-2013


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An original, authoritative look at the social history of the twentieth century, brilliantly retold through the eyes of the household servants


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Bluestockings

By Jane Robinson

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Published 29-Apr-2010


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In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. This title tells the story of the fight for female education in Britain.


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Walk-on Part

By Chris Mullin

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Published 07-Jun-2012


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Offering an account of the New Labour era, this title covers the rise and fall of New Labour from start to finish.


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Return of a King

By William Dalrymple

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Published 04-Feb-2013


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A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple


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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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Into The Silence

By Wade Davis

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Published 04-Oct-2012


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For George Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments of being alive.


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Birds in a Cage

By Derek Niemann

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Published 01-Nov-2012


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This is the inspiring true story of how a passion for birds enabled four young men to escape the horror of internment in a German PoW camp - and brought about an extraordinary moment of cooperation and mutual understanding between them and their captors.


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Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

By Kate Summerscale

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Published 05-Jan-2009


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The fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it


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