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SCOTT-LAND: The Man Who Invented a Nation Book number: 92333 Product format: Paperback Author: STUART KELLY Bibliophile price £6.00 Published price £12.99 In stock	BRIGHT STAR, GREEN LIGHT Book number: 92867 Product format: Hardback Author: JONATHAN BATE Bibliophile price £4.75 Published price £25 In stock	UNDREAMED SHORES Book number: 92904 Product format: Hardback Author: FRANCES LARSON Bibliophile price £4.50 Published price £20 In stock	INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL Book number: 92944 Product format: Paperback Author: HARRIET JACOBS Bibliophile price £4.00 Published price £8.99 In stock
QUEENS OF JERUSALEM: The Women Who Dared to Rule Book number: 92734 Product format: Hardback Author: KATHERINE PANGONIS Bibliophile price £6.50 Published price £20 In stock	INVENTION OF MIRACLES Book number: 92929 Product format: Hardback Author: KATIE BOOTH Bibliophile price £4.50 Published price £25 In stock	RESOLUTION: Two Brothers, a Nation in Crisis, a World at War Book number: 92937 Product format: Hardback Author: DAVID RUTLAND & EMMA ELLIS Bibliophile price £2.75 Published price £30 In stock	HORROR OF LOVE: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski Book number: 93021 Product format: Hardback Author: LISA HILTON Bibliophile price £2.25 Published price $26.95 In stock
JOHN CRANCH: Uncommon Genius Book number: 93229 Product format: Hardback Author: JOHN LAMBLE Bibliophile price £2.50 Published price £20 In stock	BICYCLES, BLOOMERS AND GREAT WAR RATIONING RECIPES Book number: 93433 Product format: Hardback Author: VICKY STRAKER Bibliophile price £9.50 Published price £25 In stock	FATHER OF THE MODERN CIRCUS: Billy Buttons Book number: 93434 Product format: Paperback Author: STEVE WARD Bibliophile price £3.00 Published price £12.99 In stock	ROYAL WITCHES: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville Book number: 92947 Product format: Paperback Author: GEMMA HOLLMAN Bibliophile price £7.00 Published price £16.99 In stock
LIFE OF CHRISTINA OF HANE Book number: 93496 Product format: Hardback Author: TRANSLATED BY RACHA KIRAKOSIAN Bibliophile price £4.00 Published price £20 In stock	TURBULENT, SEDITIOUS AND FACTIOUS PEOPLE Book number: 93505 Product format: Paperback Author: CHRISTOPHER HILL Bibliophile price £2.50 Published price £14.99 In stock	ALICE BEHIND WONDERLAND Book number: 93369 Product format: Hardback Author: SIMON WINCHESTER Bibliophile price £4.00 Published price £10.99 In stock	ELIZABETHAN ADVENTURER: Book number: 93389 Product format: Hardback Author: DAN O'SULLIVAN Bibliophile price £4.00 Published price £20 In stock
EMPRESS ALEXANDRA Book number: 93391 Product format: Hardback Author: MELANIE CLEGG Bibliophile price £9.50 Published price £25 In stock	PORTRAIT: The Life of Thomas Eakins Book number: 93411 Product format: Paperback Author: WILLIAM S. MCFEELY Bibliophile price £4.00 Published price $15.95 In stock	WIVES OF GEORGE IV: The Secret Bride & The Scorned Princess Book number: 93430 Product format: Hardback Author: CATHERINE CURZON Bibliophile price £7.00 Published price £20 In stock	HENRY VIII: The Evolution of A Reputation Book number: 93761 Product format: Paperback Author: KEITH DOCKRAY Bibliophile price £2.75 Published price £14.99 In stock
QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE EUROPEAN EMPIRES Book number: 93770 Product format: Paperback Author: JOHN VAN DER KISTE Bibliophile price £8.50 Published price £20 In stock	TWO DUCHESSES Book number: 93777 Product format: Paperback Author: VERE FOSTER Bibliophile price £3.50 Published price £20 In stock (1)	FORBIDDEN WIFE: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray Book number: 92877 Product format: Hardback Author: JULIA ABEL SMITH Bibliophile price £7.50 Published price £20 In stock	PRINCES OF THE RENAISSANCE Book number: 94092 Product format: Hardback Author: MARY HOLLINGSWORTH Bibliophile price £14.00 Published price £35 In stock
MAN IN THE RED COAT Book number: 93882 Product format: Hardback Author: JULIAN BARNES Bibliophile price £7.50 Published price $35 In stock	ALI PASHA, LION OF IOANNINA: Book number: 93888 Product format: Hardback Author: QUENTIN RUSSELL & E. RUSSELL Bibliophile price £7.00 Published price £25 In stock	ARISTOTLE: From Antiquity to The Modern Era Book number: 93893 Product format: Hardback Author: BARBARA SCALVINI, M. J. GROSS Bibliophile price £7.00 Published price £30 In stock	DARK QUEENS: The Bloody Rivalry Book number: 93910 Product format: Hardback Author: SHELLEY PUHAK Bibliophile price £9.00 Published price £25 In stock
LEGITIMACY OF BASTARDS Book number: 93940 Product format: Paperback Author: HELEN MATTHEWS Bibliophile price £5.00 Published price £14.99 In stock	CRUSOE, CASTAWAYS AND SHIPWRECKS IN THE PERILOUS AGE OF SAIL Book number: 93617 Product format: Hardback Author: MIKE RENDELL Bibliophile price £4.50 Published price £19.99 In stock	FIGHTING CHURCHILL, APPEASING HITLER: Book number: 93620 Product format: Hardback Author: ADRIAN PHILLIPS Bibliophile price £5.50 Published price £20 In stock	CHURCHILL'S LEGIONNAIRE EDMUND MURRAY Book number: 94232 Product format: Hardback Author: EDITED BY BILL MURRAY Bibliophile price £3.25 Published price £14.99 In stock
REGICIDE: The Trials of Henry Marten Book number: 94245 Product format: Hardback Author: JOHN WORTHEN Bibliophile price £6.50 Published price £20 In stock	TWO-WAY MIRROR: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Book number: 94251 Product format: Paperback Author: FIONA SAMPSON Bibliophile price £5.00 Published price £9.99 In stock	THOMAS PAINE'S RIGHTS OF MAN Book number: 94505 Product format: Paperback Author: Christopher Hitchens Bibliophile price £3.00 Published price £9.99 In stock	MR ATKINSON’'S RUM CONTRACT Book number: 94313 Product format: Paperback Author: RICHARD ATKINSON Bibliophile price £3.50 Published price £9.99 In stock