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The Awakening
A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700
2024 || Paperback || Charles Freeman || Bloomsbury Publishing
A history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later.
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The Phoney Victory
The World War II Illusion
2024 || Paperback || Peter (Journalist and Commentator Hitchens || Bloomsbury Publishing
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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife
The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
2024 || Hardcover || Hetta Howes || Bloomsbury Publishing
A spectacular, vivid, ground-breaking work of history which takes us into the mind and lives of medieval woman.
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Himalaya
Exploring the Roof of the World
2024 || Paperback || John Keay || Bloomsbury Publishing
'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow
'Adds the human element to the hard rock. And what a rich vein it is' Michael Palin
History has not been kind to Himalaya. Empires have collided here, cultures have clashed. Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the north, and, from the east, China continues to ab...
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Alexandria
The Quest for the Lost City
2024 || Paperback || Dr Edmund (Lecturer in Classics Richardson || Bloomsbury Publishing
'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.'
The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history.
'Superb . impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant' William Dalrymple, Guardian
'[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book' Sunday Times
'A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship...
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The Presidential Image
A History from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump
2024 || Paperback || Iwan (UCL Morgan e.a. || Bloomsbury Publishing
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A Woman's World, 1850–1960
Scientists, soldiers, artists, explorers, queens and rebels
2024 || Hardcover || Dan Jones e.a. || Bloomsbury Publishing
A survey of the many roles played by women across the world from 1850–1960, using colourised photos and captions to tell to their story.
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Unquiet Women
From the Dusk of the Roman Empire to the Dawn of the Enlightenment
2024 || Paperback || Max Adams || Bloomsbury Publishing
In a fascinating journey of rediscovery, Max Adams brings to life the forgotten experiences – and voices – of some of the most extraordinary women in history.
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The First Kingdom
Britain in the age of Arthur
2024 || Paperback || Max Adams || Bloomsbury Publishing
An investigation of the obscure centuries that followed the departure of the Romans from Britain.
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In the Reign of King John
A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
2024 || Hardcover || Dan Jones || Bloomsbury Publishing
An illustrated portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta, from best-selling author Dan Jones.