Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Norwich Norwich Stephen Snelling 160 p. : 30 cm OL16639311W
Princes at war Princes at war Deborah Cadbury A very unusual biography of the four brothers of the royal family during the Abdication crisis of 1936 as well as the war years until the death of George VI. Traces the self confidence and loyalties … OL17112774W
Third Reich victorious Third Reich victorious Peter Tsouras Third Reich Victorious is a gripping and terrifying alternate history, and a tellling insight into what a close run thing World War II really was. OL18374490W
Last of the few Last of the few Max Arthur Presents personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle. OL19951142W
The Churchill factor The Churchill factor Boris Johnson The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his conside… OL19992667W
World War II Day by Day World War II Day by Day Antony Shaw 192 pages : 29 cm OL20499161W
Operation Lena and Hitler's Plots to Blow Up Britain Operation Lena and Hitler's Plots to Blow Up Britain Bernard O'Connor 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm OL20582686W
The spy with 29 names The spy with 29 names Jason Webster BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. He fought on both sides in the Spanish Civil War. He was awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler and an MBE by Britain. To MI5 he was known as Ga… OL20872119W
Deserter Deserter Charles Glass The extraordinary story of the deserters of the Second World War. What made them run? And what happened after they fled? During the Second World War, the British lost 100,000 troops to desertion, and… OL21669758W
Commando Commando James Owen "June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and chan… OL24256020W
Most secret war Most secret war Jones, R. V. Most Secret War is R V Jones's account of his part in British Scientific Intelligence between 1939 and 1945. It was his responsibility to anticipate the German applications of science to warfare, so … OL4100790W