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September non-fiction round-up
Posted On: September 29, 2009Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
If fiction’s not your thing, September sees a wealth of fascinating new non-fiction hitting the shelves, including : biographies of characters as diverse as a novelist, a poker star, a movie mogul and a top tailor; and histories of the liberation of Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Read More...Read an extract from The Maze of Cadiz, by Aly Monroe
Posted On: September 17, 2009Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: John Murray
Franco’s Spain is the setting for Aly Monroe’s debut thriller, following the adventures of British intelligence officer Peter Cotton. You can read an extract of this historical mystery here on Bookhugger…
Read More...Celebrating WW2′s greatest bomber – the Lancaster
Posted On: September 9, 2009Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: John Murray
The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber. Yet without the Lancaster, Britain would never have been able to take the fight to the German homeland.
Read More...Nicholas Rankin on British deception in WW2
Posted On: June 2, 2009Posted In: Video
Publisher: Faber
The author of Churchill’s Wizards talks about the vital role that deception played in preserving Britain during the darkest hours of World War Two.
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