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Lieutenant Colonel Brian Franks: Remarkable, Heroic but Largely Unknown

Lieutenant Colonel Brian Franks: Remarkable, Heroic but Largely Unknown

Tim Spicer

In his new biography, An Axe and Four Balloons, the author introduces the man who saved the SAS

The Decision that Saved the Early Roman Empire

The Decision that Saved the Early Roman Empire

Alistair Tosh

A pivotal decision by Publius Scipio in 218 BC to send his brother Gnaeus to establish a Roman foothold in Iberia may have denied Hannibal the reinforcements he needed to defeat Rome and ultimately changed the course of Mediterranean history.

Rethinking Communism’s History

Rethinking Communism’s History

Paul Mason

Karl Marx was never the original architect of the communist tradition, which traces deeper roots from French revolutionary thought and the utopian ideals of Babeuf and Blanqui.

When the Country House Went to War

When the Country House Went to War

Judith S. Lewis

Wartime requisitioning of Britain’s country houses transformed the lives of owners, servants and occupiers and the consequences were far-reaching.

Recovering the Last Emperor and Empress of China

Recovering the Last Emperor and Empress of China

Paul French

A recently discovered diary from an American tutor who lived with Puyi and Wanrong offers an new perspective on the young couple’s marriage and the usual portrayal of China’s last emperor and empress as political symbols, victims or exotic caricatures.

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Mark Grenside

Mark Grenside

Mark Grenside is a London-born thriller writer whose twist-filled novels combine meticulously researched historical detail, richly evoked locations and insider knowledge of the film industry. He is the author of Fall Out and is currently writing The Dolos Legacy, the sixth in his franchise of thrillers set in the film industry.
Mark Grenside
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Sugar Plum

Sugar Plum

Set during the Second World War, the story combines historical details about the challenges of putting on ballet performances in London during the war, with a fictional tale where magic and reality intermingle during a production of Casse Noisette.
Lucy Ashe
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Britain’s Overlord

Steven Veerapen on Henry VIII

Simon Sebag Montefiore on the Making of the Modern Middle East

Book Club: Gautam Hazarika on the Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II

Rethinking Communism’s History, by Paul Mason

Historical Heroes: John Hersey, by Iain MacGregor

The World War before the World War, by Jonathan Fennell

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