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  • ASSASSINATIONS THAT SHAPED THE ANCIENT WORLD
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    ASSASSINATIONS THAT SHAPED THE ANCIENT WORLD
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Explores the history of political assassinations from ancient Egypt to the Dark Ages, examining notable figures and motivations. Assassination! Just mentioning the word is enough to send a shiver up the spine. And yet, for many years, the deliberate act of 'taking out' notable public figures has been the mainstay of political factions and individuals when faced with problems an...

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  • THE GREATEST SPY WRITERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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    THE GREATEST SPY WRITERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The spy novel has, over the past hundred years, become one of the most popular literary genres. The best exponents have become household names, as have their characters, heroes and villains alike. From Richard Hannay to James Bond and George Smiley, the spies and spy-hunters of fiction have developed from the printed page to grace the movie and television screens - with huge su...

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  • REBELLION AGAINST HENRY VIII
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    REBELLION AGAINST HENRY VIII
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Even the most beloved of sovereigns faced moments of disorder and disruption at some stage during their reign. How they responded to those periods is what made them a great or a weak monarch. More importantly, it is what continues to make their reigns fascinating for historians and story tellers. In this, Henry VIII, arguably England's most famous - or infamous - ruler was no d...

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  • ROBERT THE BRUCE
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    ROBERT THE BRUCE
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Robert the Bruce is a detailed account of the life and times of the Scottish hero and monarch. It covers his life from childhood to death, looking at the political, social and military life of Scotland before, during and after the time of Robert the Bruce. The book looks at the relationship between The Bruce and people like Edward I and Edward II of England, William Wallace and...

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  • ROBERT THE BRUCE
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    ROBERT THE BRUCE
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Robert the Bruce is a detailed account of the life and times of the Scottish hero and monarch. It covers his life from childhood to death, looking at the political, social and military life of Scotland before, during and after the time of Robert the Bruce. The book looks at the relationship between The Bruce and people like Edward I and Edward II of England, William Wallace and...

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  • THE WELSH BRAVEHEART
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    THE WELSH BRAVEHEART
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Like William Wallace in Scotland, Owain Glyndwr fought for his country and was only finally defeated by superior numbers and the military genius of Henry V. Yet Glyndwr was not just a freedom fighter. He was the last native-born Prince of Wales, a man who initiated the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and proposed an entirely independent Welsh church. Glyndwr also laid pla...

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  • LIFE CHOICES
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    LIFE CHOICES
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Includes CD-Rom ′Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile..teachers, parents and carers worry that the decisions that children and young people make might be unwise or dangerous′ - Bertrand Russell ′You′d be hard pushed to find a better decision-making programme than this excellent set of books... This series will undoubtedly kick-start conversation, pro...

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  • THE BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA
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    THE BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The author of The First World War in the Air details the gripping 1905 naval battle during the Russo-Japanese War. In 1905 Japan and Russia were at war. With the Russian Far East Fleet destroyed, the Czar sent his Baltic Fleet halfway around the world to exact revenge. This mammoth journey took many months and was an amazing feat of seamanship. But, at the end of this adventure...

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  • THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
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    THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
    PHIL CARRADICE
    When the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Syria, Somalia and...

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  • HITLER AND HIS WOMEN
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    HITLER AND HIS WOMEN
    PHIL CARRADICE
    This unique biography examines Hitler’s many female relationships, from his mother and sisters to his girlfriends, secretaries, and adoring public. To most of the world, Adolf Hitler was a ranting, evil demagogue whose insane ambitions caused incalculable harm to humanity. But to the women in his life, he was kind, compassionate, and loving—a man to be admired and adored. In Hi...

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  • NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
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    NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The historian and author of The Shanghai Massacre presents an in-depth chronicle of Hitler’s plot to eliminate political rivals and his own SA Brownshirts.   In the summer of 1934, Adolf Hitler conducted a ruthless purge of his own fascist colleagues, many of whom had helped the Nazi Party rise to power. The brawling street thugs of the SA had bludgeoned Hitler’s political oppo...

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  • THE SHANGHAI MASSACRE
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    THE SHANGHAI MASSACRE
    PHIL CARRADICE
    On 19 February 1927, the city of Shanghai fell silent as a general strike gripped the factories of the industrial district. A magnet for foreign traders and businessmen (British, French, American, then later Japanese), by the 1920s the pursuit of profit had produced one of the most cosmopolitan cities that the world has ever seen. Known as the Whore of the Orient, Shanghai was ...

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  • KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING
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    KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Keeping the Home Fires Burning tells the story of how the troops and the general public were kept happy and content during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 there was entertainment of the masses for the sole purpose of promotion of the war effort. It was the first time that a concerted effort to raise and sustain morale was ever made by any British government and was a...

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  • THE WELSH BRAVEHEART
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    THE WELSH BRAVEHEART
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Like William Wallace in Scotland, Owain Glyndwr fought for his country and was only finally defeated by superior numbers and the military genius of Henry V. Yet Glyndwr was not just a freedom fighter. He was the last native-born Prince of Wales, a man who initiated the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and proposed an entirely independent Welsh church. Glyndwr also laid pla...

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  • BLOODY MARY
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    BLOODY MARY
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The tragic history of Queen Mary I and her brief reign of terror against Protestants in sixteenth century England—includes illustrations.   When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553, she enjoyed a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch. Yet at her death only five years later, she was so reviled by ...

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  • PRAGUE SPRING 1968
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    PRAGUE SPRING 1968
    PHIL CARRADICE
    A historian’s overview of Czechoslovakia’s Alexander Dubček, the Prague Spring of 1968, and the Warsaw Pact Invasion.   Cold War nadir: January 1968 and in Czechoslovakia, the new Communist Party leader, Alexander Dubcek, has made it clear that this is the opportunity to loosen the Soviet stranglehold on the country. As the Prague winter slowly eases into a Prague spring, it re...

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  • FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HENRY TUDOR
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    FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HENRY TUDOR
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The story of the first monarch of the House of Tudor, and his dramatic journey to the throne.   The story of Henry Tudor’s march to Bosworth and the throne of England began long before the fateful summer of 1485. Pembroke Castle, the gigantic fortress where he was born in 1457 and spent his childhood years, lay some twelve miles inland from the spot where Henry is believed to h...

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  • A HUNDRED YEARS OF SPYING
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    A HUNDRED YEARS OF SPYING
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Early espionage organisations like Walsingham’s Elizabethan spy network were private enterprises, tasked with keeping the Tudor Queen and her government safe. Formal use of spies and counter spies only really began in the years after 1909, when the official British secret service was founded. Britain became the first major proponent of secret information gathering and other nat...

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  • MASADA
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    MASADA
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The dramatic history behind one of the great landmarks of ancient Israel.   In the spring of 73 AD, the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who, for nearly eight years, had waged war against the Roman occupiers of their country made thei...

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  • BAY OF PIGS
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    BAY OF PIGS
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Perhaps not in casualties but as far as prestige and standing in the world were concerned, the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was the worst disaster to befall the USA since the War of 1812 when British forces burned the White House. Badly planned, badly organized, the affair was littered with mistakes from start to finish not least with an inept performance by John F Kennedy and ...

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  • THE PEOPLE'S STORY OF THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
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    THE PEOPLE'S STORY OF THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The Great Fire of London which destroyed much of England's capital city in the autumn of 1666 was one of those seminal events that stand out in history, enthralling, fascinating and yet repulsive in the damage and destruction it caused. The story of the fire, which began in the early hours of Sunday 4th September, has been told many times. Phil Carradice's new re-telling of the...

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  • WOMEN OF THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS
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    WOMEN OF THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The flight of King James II in November 1688 was a seminal moment in British history. The deposed Catholic King set up house and home in Paris, William and Mary succeeded to the throne of England and over fifty years of trouble, strife, war and execution began to consume England, Scotland and Ireland. The Jacobites - supporters of the dethroned Stuart dynasty - were adamant tha...

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  • WITCHES AND WITCH HUNTS THROUGH THE AGES
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    WITCHES AND WITCH HUNTS THROUGH THE AGES
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Witchcraft! Just the mention of the name is enough to cause fear, even terror, in the minds and hearts of many people. But that is not the full story. Yes, there have always been proponents of the 'dark arts,' witches and warlocks willing to use their powers for evil, but the wise men and women of the ancient and medieval world - men and women eager to use their spells and poti...

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  • THE GREATEST SPY WRITERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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    THE GREATEST SPY WRITERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
    PHIL CARRADICE
    The spy novel has, over the past hundred years, become one of the most popular literary genres. The best exponents have become household names, as have their characters, heroes and villains alike. From Richard Hannay to James Bond and George Smiley, the spies and spy-hunters of fiction have developed from the printed page to grace the movie and television screens - with huge su...

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  • REBELLION AGAINST HENRY VIII
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    REBELLION AGAINST HENRY VIII
    PHIL CARRADICE
    Even the most beloved of sovereigns faced moments of disorder and disruption at some stage during their reign. How they responded to those periods is what made them a great or a weak monarch. More importantly, it is what continues to make their reigns fascinating for historians and story tellers. In this, Henry VIII, arguably England’s most famous - or infamous - ruler was no d...

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