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  • The Scarlet Papers

    The Times Thriller of the Year

    THE BOOK THOSE IN THE KNOW ARE CALLING THE BEST SPY NOVEL OF THE YEAR*** One of the 50 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR in the Daily Telegraph ****** A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ****** A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR ***‘Superbly constructed in an elaborate twisty spy yarn. It's highly unlikely that there will be a better espionage novel this year’ THE SUNDAY TIMES'A breathta... ... Read more

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  • The Insider

    BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SCARLET PAPERS: THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2023

    The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's most exciting new spy writerA Russian defector is found brutally murdered in a London hotel.Only four people knew he had turned - the four most important and powerful figures in Whitehall.There's only one conclusion:A mole has infiltrated the highest levels of the nation's security.Operating in secret ... Read more

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  • My Name Is Nobody

    From the bestselling author of The Scarlet Papers, a Times Thriller of the Year

    'PROOF THAT THE SPY GENRE IS FLOURISHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY' Guardian'I know for certain that there is a mole somewhere within the intelligence services . . . His codename is Nobody . . .'Solomon Vine is a spy on a fast track to the top. But when a prisoner is shot in unexplained circumstances on his watch, only suspension and exile beckon.Three months later, MI6's Head of Station in Istanbul is ... Read more

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  • Isle of Man Steam Packet in the Second World War

    “The author’s use of firsthand accounts to describe the situation on ships during the various events he recounts makes them feel more tangible to the reader. This book is a welcome addition to the ever-growing World War II discussion.” – National Maritime Historical SocietyNames like Ben-My-Chree, Tynwald and Lady of Mann are synonymous with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, the world’s oldest ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness on the Somme 1916

    What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight into one of the most famous and contentious - episodes of the Great War? Matthew Richardsons graphic account, which is based on the vivid personal testimony of those who took part, offers us a direct ... Read more

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  • The Isle of Man

    Stone Age to Swinging Sixties

    Series series Visitors' Historic Britain
    Discover the long and fascinating history of this tiny self-governing island in the Irish Sea.Many people don't know that the tiny Isle of Man, midway between the coasts of Lancashire and Northern Ireland, is one of the richest historic landscapes in Europe. Packed into its 225 square miles are dramatic stories of Bronze Age conflict, Viking warriors, medieval kings, smugglers, maritime and ... Read more

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  • The Hunger War

    Food, Rations & Rationing 1914-1918

    A fascinating study of the role that food—and the lack of it—played in the First World War, for both troops and civilians.In the First World War, the supply of food to civilians became as significant a factor in final victory as success or defeat on the battlefields. Never before had the populations of entire countries lived under siege conditions, yet this extraordinary situation is often ... Read more

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  • Tigers at Dunkirk

    The Leicestershire Regiment and the Fall of France

    In this compelling new study of the disastrous 1940 campaign in France and Flanders, Matthew Richardson reconstructs in vivid detail the British armys defeat as it was experienced by the soldiers of a single battalion, the 2nd/5th Leicesters. These men typified the ill-equipped, under-trained British battalions that faced the blitzkrieg and the might of Hitler's legions. They were thrown into a ... Read more

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  • Isle of Man at War, 1939–45

    Series series Your Towns & Cities in World War Two
    This WWII history presents the remarkable story of the Manx people and their homeland in the Irish Sea throughout the epic conflict.Few people are now aware of the extraordinary role the Isle of Man played in assisting the allied war effort. Yet for six years, a place best known as a holiday playground became a heavily armed fortress. Hundreds of airmen, soldiers, and sailors were trained in ... Read more

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  • 1914

    Voices from the Battlefields

    The opening battles of WWI's Western Front and the world-changing advances in warfare are reexamined through eyewitness accounts from the trenches.The 1914 campaign of World War I, sparked by the German Army's invasion of Luxembourg, Belgium, and France, marked a watershed in military history. Advances in weaponry forced both sides to take to the earth in what became a grueling standoff of trench ... Read more

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  • Kawasaki – The Green Machine

    Isle of Man TT, 1966-1986

    Kawasaki, eager to grab their own slice of the glory, was the last of the major Japanese manufacturers to enter the high-octane world of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Although the company had a long history of engineering innovation, it adopted motorcycles relatively late in the day. However, Kawasaki did more than simply copy what the other Far Eastern firms were producing, and struck out on ... Read more

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  • The Tigers

    6th, 7th, 8th & 9th (Service) Battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment

    This is the first major history of the Leicestershire Regiment in the Great war to be published since the 1930s. Weaving personal recollections with official accounts, it brings the character of the four battalions raised in Leicestershire vividly to life. There are over 200 photographs, many from private collections, maps and several appendices. ... Read more

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