20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
by Wade DavisPublished: 01/09/2011
A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest
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Churchill in His Own Words
by Richard M LangworthPublished: 18/09/2012
A rich and valuable portrait of Winston Churchill and his age, in the great man's own words
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Hello Again: Nine Decades of Radio Voices
by Simon ElmesPublished: 15/09/2012
The story of how ordinary voices became the daily fix for nine decades of British listeners
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Murders of London: In the steps of the capital’s killers
by David LongPublished: 15/05/2012
A 'black plaque' guide to London's most fascinating crime scenes
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Finding Poland
by Matthew KellyPublished: 15/08/2011
An expansive, insightful and moving history of the Polish experience during World War Two, and its lasting legacy
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Conspirator
by Helen RappaportPublished: 01/06/2010
A revealing look at Lenin's 17-year exile and the role he played in bringing Revolution to Russia
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Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column
by H.G. CocksPublished: 15/02/2010
A wonderfully quirky social history of modern Britain
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Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang and Jon HallidayPublished: 01/09/2009
The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans and her husband
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The World On Fire: 1919 and the Battle with Bolshevism
by Anthony ReadPublished: 15/08/2009
A gripping study of the year 1919, in which Bolshevik ideology and revolutionary sentiment spread tension and terror throughout the world.
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The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of its Cartoonists
by Timothy S BensonPublished: 15/05/2009
The first history of modern Britain told through contemporary cartoons – expanded and updated for the new paperback edition.
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Under Two Dictators: Prisoner of Stalin and Hitler: With an introduction by Nikolaus Wachsmann
by Margarete Buber-NeumannPublished: 02/03/2009
An astonishing account (and the only we have) of one woman's experience of labour camps under Stalin and Hitler
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Modernism: The Lure of Heresy - From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond
by Peter GayPublished: 15/11/2008
A brilliant, provocative long essay on the rise and fall and surival of modernism, by the English-languages' greatest living cultural historian.
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Churchill by Himself: The Life, Times and Opinions of Winston Churchill in his own Words
by Richard M LangworthPublished: 03/11/2008
A rich and valuable portrait of Winston Churchill and his age, in the great man's own words
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The Lemon Tree
by Sandy TolanPublished: 02/06/2008
The true story of a friendship spanning religious divisions and four decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Jack The Ripper and the East End: Introduction by Peter Ackroyd
by VariousPublished: 02/06/2008
This fascinating book is about the East End in the late 19th century and how it provided the background for the murders of Jack the Ripper.
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In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
by Geert MakPublished: 01/05/2008
A spellbinding history of 20th-century Europe that has the scope, pace and capacity to delight of an epic novel.
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Winston Churchill's Speeches: Never Give In!
by Winston ChurchillPublished: 01/01/2008
The first personal selection of Winston Churchill's greatest and most memorable speeches, chosen by his grandson.
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If Love Were All...: The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George
by John CampbellPublished: 15/06/2007
An extraordinary drama of passion and sacrifice at the very heart of the British government, as told by one of the great political biographers of our time.
