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Histories that read like wonderful novels
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1. Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon by Druin Burch

The list author says:
	"Blood, boldness & revolutions - told with a surprisingly personal touch - enthralling!"

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(10 customer reviews)

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2. Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal

The list author says:
	"Jewel of an account of adventure and personal exploration"

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(20 customer reviews)

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3. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

The list author says:
	"Vivid and lively, as well as sad and evocative"

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(42 customer reviews)

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4. The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-century England by Adrian Tinniswood

The list author says:
	"One family and a whole century!"

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(5 customer reviews)

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5. Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of a Great English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey

The list author says:
	"Bailey mines riches out of this story of coal"

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(81 customer reviews)

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6. Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 by Patrick Bishop

The list author says:
	"The memories and stories of men whose lives made history"

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(27 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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7. Citizens: A Chronicle of The French Revolution by Simon Schama

The list author says:
	"An account of the French Revolution that grips like a soap opera and touches like a poem"

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(21 customer reviews)

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8. Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 by Emily Cockayne

The list author says:
	"Filthy in almost the best possible way"

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(4 customer reviews)

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9. More Than A Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years by John Major

The list author says:
	"The first of May will never seem the same"

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(12 customer reviews)

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10. Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The list author says:
	"The world's most successful terrorist"

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(10 customer reviews)

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11. Vulcan 607 by Rowland White

The list author says:
	"Boy's own story of heroism & patriotic Britishness"

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(96 customer reviews)

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12. Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond

The list author says:
	"Slightly hard work sometimes, but worth it"

�6.29 Used & New from: �3.46

(150 customer reviews)

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13. A Guinea Pig's History of Biology by Jim Endersby

The list author says:
	"Attractive & vividly written account of the species that made science possible"

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(3 customer reviews)

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