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The Best History Books to Take on Holiday
Suzannah Lipscomb, Historian
Our most recommended books
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Catherine the Great and Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair
by Simon Sebag Montefiore -
A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution
by Orlando Figes -
Molotov’s Magic Lantern
by Rachel Polonsky -
Natasha’s Dance
by Orlando Figes -
Lenin in Zurich
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Notes on Russia
by Sigismund von Herberstein
