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Political biography
Traces Remain
By Charles Nicholl
Paperback
Published 06-Dec-2012
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From a mysterious painting found in a Hereford house to the death of an alchemist, and from a new Jack the Ripper suspect to a gold hunt in El Dorado, the author's twenty-five essays take in two murders, three disappearances and a missing Shakespeare play to show the marvel and tenacity of these historical traces.
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Memoirs of a Revolutionary
By Victor Serge
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Published 28-Jun-2012
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Special Relationships
By Asa Briggs
Hardback
Published 17-May-2012
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Black Count
By Tom Reiss
Hardback
Published 20-Sep-2012
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Born in St Dominigue in 1762, the son of a French nobleman and a sugar plantation slave, General Alexandre Dumas did not have an auspicious start in life. This book traces the almost unbelievable life of the man who inspired not only Monte Cristo, but all three of the Musketeers: the novelist's own father.
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Patriot of Persia
By Christopher de Bellaigue
Hardback
Published 02-Feb-2012
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On 19 August 1953 the British and American intelligence agencies launched a desperate coup against a cussed, bedridden 72-year-old. His name was Muhammad Mossadegh and his crimes had been to flirt with Communism and nationalise his country's oil industry, for forty years in British hands. This title reveals life of a remarkable patriot.
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Lunar Men
By Jenny Uglow
Paperback
Published 04-Sep-2003
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Among the group of Midlands amateur experimenters who formed the Lunar Society and kick-started the Industrial Revolution, were Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgewood, James Watt and Erasmus Darwin. This account uncovers the friendships, political passions and love of knowledge that drove these men.
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Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
By Anne Lister
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Published 29-Oct-2010
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The diary of a remarkable woman who lived life on her terms in Regency Yorkshire. Anne Lister was a wealthy landowner, industrialist - and lesbian.
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Not for Turning
By Robin Harris
Hardback
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
Paperback
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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David Livingstone
By Stephen Tomkins
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Published 18-Jan-2013
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200 years after his birth, this book assesses David Livingstone's life, impact and legacy.
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