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The Best History Books to Take on Holiday
Suzannah Lipscomb, Historian
Our most recommended books
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Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia
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Pompeii
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The Guns of August
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The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
by Alistair Horne -
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William Shirer
