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A History of Modern Britain

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Review: I liked this book, and as an overview of the post war to modern day period, it's pretty acceptable but I was surprised at how much of his comments/narrative were seemingly only evidenced by politician's own memoirs. Not greatly partisan sources!! I was also annoyed....

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The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

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Review: Disappointing. Patch's own words are fine, especially for a man of his age, but the ghost-writer (Richard van Emden) is too intrusive and spoils the flow of the narrative.....

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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge)

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Review: I almost gave up reading this book after 50 pages because of the appalling attempts at humour. However, I persevered, and it is a good summary of British history, and in the end I enjoyed it. There are about two terrible jokes per page, but eventually you can se....

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Nella Last's Peace: The Post-war Diaries of Housewife 49

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Review: I bought this book for my Mum who was born in Barrow and lived there during the war.Nella writes with the pen of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times.Her writing is wonderful, from the description of an ordinary yet delightful lunch to her description of the co....

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Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49'

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Review: I write this in late 2008 as the global financial system goes into meltdown and the credit crunch is really biting into our individual pockets. What Nella Last would make of our sickeningly materialistic, wasteful, 'spend spend spend' times I cannot imagine! On a ....

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Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, Britain's Oldest Man and the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

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Review: I've seen so much of Henry on TV and in the press over the past few months - and his attempts to get out of his chair at the 90th anniversary celebrations at the cenotaph was very emotional. You cannot believe the tenacity someone of that age must have to get out ....

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Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November): The History of Britain in Bite-Sized Chunks

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Review: What a great, fun and manageable way to remember the most salient points of British history that we've all forgotten from school. It takes all the boring bits out and covers history from Roman Britain to the second world war. It's easy to dip in and out of and the ....

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World War II: Behind Closed Doors - Stalin, the Nazis and the West

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Review: A surprisingly readable book, including previously unseen photographs. The reason for me reading this book and the most interesting details for me are those concerning the little known alliance between Stalin and Hitler prior to and at the beginning of the war and....

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Masters and Commanders: The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West

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Review: How Churchill and a few others (to make up the numbers) won the war and defeated fascism is the idiots guide to WW2, and an addition to the neoconservatives library (now sadly redundant). Andrew Roberts is a historian with a particular agenda that seeks to perpetua....

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Henry: Virtuous Prince

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Review: I was really looking forwards to this book, I am an avid reader of anything to do with Tudor history and the wars of the roses and as there is relatively little written on the early years of Henry VIII I was keen to discover more about his personality, his friendsh....

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