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Flappers
By Judith Mackrell
Hardback
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
Hardback
Published 29-Sep-2011
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The remarkable story behind the real Downton Abbey
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Servants
By Lucy Lethbridge
Hardback
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
Paperback
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
Paperback
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
Hardback
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
Hardback
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
Paperback
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
Hardback
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
Paperback
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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