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The Verneys: Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England
1.  The Verneys: Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England by Adrian Tinniswood
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  "The Verney family is brought to life in this terrific book."
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The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village
2.  The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by Eamon Duffy
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  "An intensely personal slant on the Reformation."
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Stalingrad
3.  Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
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  "A gripping, vivid account of the battle.  Beevor's best book, I think."
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 (Penguin History)
4.  The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 (Penguin History) by Alistair Horne
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  "Another memorable, deeply moving account of an appalling battle."
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The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy
5.  The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy by Martin Gilbert
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  "Definitive account"
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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves
6.  White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton
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  "Fabulous narrative history"
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Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945
7.  Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945 by Frederick Taylor
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  "Very thorough, clear account of the raid on Dresden and the aftermath"
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Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty
8.  Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey
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  "Reads like a novel; the decline of a great country house"
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City of Oranges: Arabs and Jews in Jaffa
9.  City of Oranges: Arabs and Jews in Jaffa by Adam LeBor
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  "The Arab/Israeli conflict as seen from the point of view of the people of Jaffa; very human, very moving."
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On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire
10.  On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire by Peter Hopkirk
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  "Peter Hopkirk's books are unsurpassable for derring-do; narrative history at its best."
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A Little History Of The English Country Church
11.  A Little History Of The English Country Church by Sir Roy Strong
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  "Very visual book, with just the right amount of information for an interested general reader.  Makes the Reformation and subsequent events easier to understand, too."
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Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance
12.  Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance by Giles Milton
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  "More superb narrative history from Giles Milton"
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