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Bookshelf

A collection of 66 Posts

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New History Books for June 2025

From tanks to planes, the Indian Empire to the stars

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The Mysterious Miss Charlesworth

Mark Bridgeman explores the story of one of Britain's great swindlers

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New History Books for May 2025

From Gertrude Stein to Thomas More, the Sahara Desert to D-Day

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Alexander Pushkin and the City of Death and Beauty

Sinclair McKay explores the significance of one of Russia's great poet's death to the people of Saint Petersburg

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The Photography of Dora Maar

In this excerpt from her book, Hidden Portraits, Sue Roe introduces us to the pioneering photographer Dora Maar

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New History Books for April 2025

From Homer to Columbus, Saint Petersburg to Atlantis

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The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice

Jonathan Glancey revisits one of the final airborne operations of World War Two

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The Propaganda Girls

Lisa Rogak introduces us to four women whose guile and imagination found a novel outlet in World War Two

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New History Books for March 2025

From Picasso to Lloyd George, Japan to the Beatles

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New History Books for February 2025

From JFK to the Titanic, Brazil to the North Pole

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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

József Debreczeni describes his arrival at the Auschwitz Extermination Camp in May 1944

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MEMBERS TEST

From Dante to Haiti, Shakespeare to Socrates