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p u l p i t 1 D J Taylor h i st or y 5 Simon Heffer

Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World – 1945-65 Michael Burleigh

6 Alan Allport

Deserter: The Last Untold Story of the Second World War Charles Glass

8 Donald Rayfield

Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present Brendan Simms

9 Leanda de Lisle

The Children of Henry VIII John Guy

11 Paul Lay

Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World Power David Scott

12 Paul Johnson

Holland House: A History of London’s Most Celebrated Salon Linda Kelly

14 Nigel Jones

The Real Great Escape Guy Walters

15 Donald Trelford

Bang! A History of Britain in the 1980s Graham Stewart l i t e r a r y l i v e s 16 Justin Beplate

Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America Roy Morris Jr • The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde’s Nemesis Linda Stratmann • Ceremonies of Bravery: Oscar Wilde, Carlos Blacker & the Dreyfus Affair J Robert Maguire

18 Piers Brendon

James Anthony Froude: An Intellectual Biography of a Victorian Prophet Ciaran Brady

20 Elspeth Barker

Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath & Life Before Ted Andrew Wilson • Ted And I: A Brother’s Memoir Gerald Hughes

21 Caroline Moorehead

West’s World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West Lorna Gibb