Books & authors

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2005

The Italian Boy Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London

Sarah Wise

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2004

Gulag A History of the Soviet Camps

Anne Applebaum

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2004

John Clare A Biography

Jonathan Bate

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2004

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

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2004

The Zanzibar Chest A Memoir of Love and War

Aidan Hartley

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2004

Rubicon The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

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2003

Natasha's Dance A Cultural History of Russia

Orlando Figes

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2003

The Devil That Danced On The Water A Daughter’s Memoir

Aminatta Forna

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2003

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex

Olivia Judson

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2003

Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self

Claire Tomalin

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2003

Nelson Love and Fame

Edgar Vincent

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2002

The Voices of Morebath Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village

Eamon Duffy