New History Titles
1107145996 
Hardback 
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Resource type: Physical
147462393X 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Resource type: Physical
Note: At the outbreak of WW2, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI. Meanwhile, as the now-Duke of Windsor awaited the decree that would allow him to marry his mistress Wallis Simpson, he took an increasing interest in the expansionist plans of the Fuhrer of Germany.
1399003933 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pen & Sword History
Resource type: Physical
Note: The period of Britain's Industrial Revolution was perhaps the most transformative era in the nation's history. Between about 1750 and 1914, life and work, home and school, church and community changed irreversibly for Britain's rapidly expanding population. Lives were transformed, some for the better, but many endured abysmal domestic and workplace
1803991216 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The History Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: The lives of the sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine are the stuff of legend. Her daughters, however, are less well known, and the fascinating personalities of her daughters-in-law have been almost entirely overlooked, as have those of the daughters she bore Louis VII of France. This book redresses this balance and showcases the lives, travels and careers
1804363677 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Canelo History
Resource type: Physical
Note: 17 September 1944: 30,000 airborne soldiers prepare to drop behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied Holland; tens of thousands of ground troops race to link up with them. The goal: to secure eight bridges across the Rhine and end the war by Christmas. Ten days later, over 15,000 of these soldiers have died, are wounded, or missing.
1399084968 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frontline Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: The Light Division is rightly regarded as the most famous force within Wellington's army in the Peninsular War. Often the first into every battle and the last to withdraw, the men of the Light Division were trained to act independently and think for themselves as well as operating in their battalion formations. The regiments which comprised the Light Division were present at almost every battle throughout the Peninsular War.
178474381X 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Resource type: Physical
Note: The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook.
0241609224 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Allen Lane
Resource type: Physical
Note: Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town 40 miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this work he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. 'I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people.
1398111627 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Patrick G. Eriksson examines the tactical abilities of small unit leaders that were critical in winning the Battle of Britain and the many innovations and even experiments which they tried out during the active fighting.
1399068032 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Resource type: Physical
Note: Soldiers' first-hand accounts of Second World War active service invariably make inspiring and exciting reading but 'Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges' is exceptional for several reasons. First, Brian Moss's role as a bomb disposal specialist was especially hazardous.
0063247445 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Broadside Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administration's most significant foreign policy breakthroughs. Now, he reveals how he did it, and how it could happen again.
1847927440 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Resource type: Physical
Note: We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries which created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong.
1399071769 
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Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pen & Sword History
Resource type: Physical
Note: Even the most beloved of sovereigns faced moments of disorder and disruption at some stage during their reign. How they responded to those periods is what made them a great or a weak monarch. More importantly, it is what continues to make their reigns fascinating for historians and story tellers. In this, Henry VIII, arguably England's most famous - or infamous - ruler was no different from the rest.
1804991201 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Journalist John Sweeney takes readers from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine. In a disturbing expose of Putin's sinister ambition, Sweeney draws on thirty years of his own reporting - from the Moscow apartment bombings to the atrocities committed by the Russian Army in Chechnya.
1398108928 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Jan-Marie Knights documents the social calendar of Plantagenet high society in a series of bite-sized chunks. The book covers weddings, feasts, funerals and more - allowing the reader to immerse themselves in the glamour, affluence and human drama of a gilded world.
1526780461 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pen & Sword History
Resource type: Physical
Note: The Syrian Arab Republic has rarely been out of the headlines following the rise to power of Hafiz al-Asad in 1970 and Bashar al-Asad in 2000 and has been at the heart of the popular protests which have come to be known as the Arab Spring. This is a political biography of the author's father, Dr Muhammad Imady, the longest-serving minister of economy in modern Syria.
0571295657 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'Brittle with Relics' is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change. In the closing third of the 20th century, Wales experienced the simultaneous effects of deindustrialisation, the subsequent loss of employment and community cohesion, and the struggle for its language and identity.
1445698846 
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Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Northumberland is England's most northerly county and one of its most beautiful, with its spectacular countryside and coastline. Its location on the Anglo-Scottish border brings a wealth of history and culture, which, together with the stunning scenery, attracts many visitors who want to discover more of the county's delights.
1398104140 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: The Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool has been popular with visitors for over 200 years. The arrival of the railways in 1846 brought ever more people to what soon became a large town, and its famous Illuminations, Golden Mile, three piers, Pleasure Beach, iconic Tower and ballroom, Grand Theatre and Winter Gardens still attract many today.
1398110191 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Part personal memoir, part cultural history, 'West' is a compendium of 'tales', telling the story of a unique geographical and literary landscape - the western Midlands of England. It is a magpie's nest, a melange of anecdotes, folk legends, ghost stories and fairy tales. But more than this, it is a record of a land and its people, told over 2,000 years of history.