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For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an effective war-leader and inventor of ‘the House of Windsor’. In an era of ever greater media coverage – frequently filmed and initiating the British Empire Christmas broadcast – George became for 25 years a universally recognised figure. He was also the only British monarch to take his role as Emperor of India seriously.
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An unconventional view of the First World War from inside the glittering social salon of Downing Street: a story of unrequited love, loss, sacrifice, scandal and the Prime Minister’s wife, Margot Asquith.
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One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan population. Dressed as German military police, they stopped and took control of Kreipe’s car, drove through 22 German checkpoints, then succeeded in hiding from the German army before finally being picked up on a beach in the south of the island.
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1919. The eyes of the world are on Paris, where statesmen, diplomats and politicians have gathered to discuss the fate of half the world’s nations in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was the Great War. A horde of journalists, spies and opportunists have also gathered in the city and the last thing the British diplomatic community needs at such a time is the mysterious death of a senior member of their delegation. So, when Sir Henry Maxted falls from the roof of his mistress’s apartment building in unexplained circumstances, their first instinct is to suppress all suspicious aspects of the event.
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20 years have now passed since Rwanda erupted into a 100 day orgy of killing, leaving close to a million people dead. On an assignment for BBC’s Newsnight, David Belton, like others, has never come to terms with the horrors he witnessed. He retraces his steps into St Andre Church where he first encountered piles of dead families, and regroups with genocide survivor Jean-Pierre, who has received a letter asking for forgiveness from the man who cut up his father with a machete. Through the eyes of Jean-Pierre and his wife Odette, we revisit the bloody days of the massacre.
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A journey through the life and thought of George Orwell, from public school satirist and imperial policeman to Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four.
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This biography charts Nancy Astor’s incredible story, from relative penury in the American South to a lifestyle of the most immense riches through the ‘Jazz Age’ and beyond, a world of enormous countryside estates and townhouses, and the most lavish entertainments, peopled by the great figures of the day.
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This is a biography of Edward VII.
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From acclaimed biographer A. N. Wilson, Hitler is a short, sharp, gripping account of one of the twentieth century’s most notorious figures
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‘The King’s Speech’ is an intimate portrait of the British monarchy at a time of its greatest crisis, seen through the eyes of an Australian commoner who was proud to serve, and save, his King.
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Presents the adventures and tribulations of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children.
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Situated in Yorkshire, surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men, is Wentworth, the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain. This volume tells the story of its demise. It is the story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in 50 turbulent years in the 20th century.
