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Sisters the Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S Lovell Publisher Comments This is the Story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Prime Minister by John Campbell Publisher Comments The Iron Lady, the definitive Margaret Thatcher biography, is available just in time for the movie starring Meryl Streep as one of the most infamous figures in postwar politics. Whether you love her or hate her, Margaret Thatcher's impact on twentieth... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars by Richard Overy Publisher Comments "Thought-provoking and illuminating...Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving." -The New York Times Book Review Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising, The Twilight Years tells the story of how an... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne Publisher Comments Evelyn Waugh was already famous when Brideshead Revisited was published in 1945. Written at the height of the war, the novel was, he admitted, of no "immediate propaganda value." Instead, it was the story of a household, a family and a journey of... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blitz: The Story of December 29, 1940 by Margaret Gaskin Publisher Comments Churchill called it his nations greatest trial and its finest hour. Europe had fallen to Hitler and Britain stood alone. Determined to bomb the English into submission, the German Luftwaffe attacked London nearly every night, targeting the “Square... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wait for Me!: Memoirs by Duchess Deborah Mitford Publisher Comments Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood of six daughters and one son that included the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote, when Deborah was born, “How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Citizens of London (10 Edition) by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain,... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher Publisher Comments This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister - the formation of her goals in the early 1980s, the Falklands, the General Election victories of 1983 and 1987 and, eventually, the circumstances of her... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age (P.S.) by Amanda Macke Stuart Publisher Comments When Consuelo Vanderbilt's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, enthusiastically supported by Consuelo's mother, Alva, who was determined to take the family to the top of New York... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Not Say What Happened?: A Memoir by Ivana Lowell Publisher Comments Born into one of the most celebrated Anglo-Irish families, the Guinnesses, Ivana Lowell grew up at the whim of two literary heavyweights—her mother, writer Lady Caroline Blackwood, and stepfather, poet Robert Lowell. Now, with an incisive eye and a... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Blair Revolution Revisited by Peter Mandelson Publisher Comments In 1996, Peter Mandelson published "The Blair Revolution", and here, six years on, he assesses the extent to which Blair has fulfilled the hopes of both the Labour Party and Britain as a whole.... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Blair Effect 2001-5 by Anthony Seldon Publisher Comments From Iraq to the economy, leading academics and journalists assess Tony Blair's second term.... (read more) List Price $50.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bad Blood a Memoir by Lorna Sage Publisher Comments Lorna Sage's adventure in autobiography is a searing and funny anatomy of three marriages that brings to life her girlhood in postwar provincial Britain. Her early childhood was dominated by her brilliant, bitter grandfather, a drinker, a womanizer, a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Irrepressible: The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford by Leslie Brody Synopsis Admirers and detractors use the same words to describe Jessica Mitford: subversive, muckraker, mischief-maker. But those who knew her best simply called her Decca. Born into one of Britains most famous aristocratic families, at the age of nineteen she... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ninachka: The Making of an Englishwoman? by Nina Murray Synopsis This autobiography tells the story of an indefatigable spirit who survived the Second World War, a doomed marriage, the murder of her father, rape, and the almost endless consternation of family problems. Dr. Murray's story offers a valuable lesson to... (read more) List Price $42.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell Publisher Comments Presents excerpts from the diary of the man who was Tony Blair's press secretary from 1994 to 2003, providing insight into the prime minister's relationship with leaders around the world and into his decision making process as he dealt with a series of... (read more) Your price: $19.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars by Richard Overy Publisher Comments From a leading British historian, the story of how fear of war shaped modern England By the end of World War I, Britain had become a laboratory for modernity. Intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists?among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 by David Kynaston Publisher Comments A majestic peoples history of England in the years immediately following the end of World War II, and a surprise bestseller in the UK. As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germanys aggression in World War II , and was ravaged in many ways at... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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