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by Greg King, Penny Wilson
Published Apr 2016
Read ReviewsOn the 100th Anniversary of its sinking, King and Wilson tell the story of the Lusitania's glamorous passengers and the torpedo that ended an era and prompted the US entry into World War I.
by John Boyne
Published Jul 2012
Read ReviewsThe Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep readers on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and will stay with them long after they've turned the last page.
by John M. Barry
Published Jan 2005
Read ReviewsAn epic history of the deadliest plague in human history - the great flu epidemic of 1918, which killed seven times as many people as died in the First World War.
by Margaret MacMillan
Published Sep 2003
Read Reviews'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever written about those fateful months after World War I when the maps of Europe were redrawn. Brimming with lucid analysis, elegant character sketches, and geopolitical pathos, it is essential reading.'
by Robert Cowley, Stephen Ambrose
Published Mar 2002
Read ReviewsEssays written by some of the most respected and well-known military historians of our time (Stephen Ambrose, John Keegan, Caleb Carr, William Manchester etc.), describe the horror and heroism of World War II.
by Sebastian Faulks
Published Apr 1997
Read ReviewsCrafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be read and marveled at for years to come.
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