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  • Peace Makers

    Shaping the modern world: the men and women of the Foreign Office in WWII

    'Well-researched and enthralling, Peter Ricketts brings the wartime Foreign Office to life’, Tim Bouverie'A fascinating account of how the Foreign Office helped turned wartime victory into postwar peace’, Professor David ReynoldsDiscover the untold story of the British diplomats who shaped WWII – and the peace that followed – in this vivid exploration of a transformative moment in modern history ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Feast of Corpus Christi

    The feast of Corpus Christi, one of the most solemn feasts of the Latin Church, can be traced to the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 and its resolution of disputes over the nature of the Eucharist. The feast was first celebrated in Liège in 1246, thanks largely to the efforts of a religious woman, Juliana of Mont Cornillon, who not only popularized the feast, but also wrote key elements of an ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Hard Choices

    What Britain Does Next

    A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world. After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of China and India and the COVID pandemic have undermined the power of the West's international ... Read more

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    Peace Makers

    Shaping the modern world: the men and women of the Foreign Office in WWII

    Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    'Well-researched and enthralling, Peter Ricketts brings the wartime Foreign Office to life.’ – Tim Bouverie'The gripping story of how the men and women of the Foreign Office secured Britain's victory in the Second World War and created a new international order.' – Professor Helen McCarthyDiscover the untold story of the British diplomats who shaped WWII—and the peace that followed—in this vivid ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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