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History books cover a multitude of scenarios. This is because the factors that make up history are truely multi-dimentional. There are people, events, accidents, natural causes, wars, agreements, disagreements, to mention just a small number. On this page I will introduce you to authors who have written famously about history and their perceptions of history.

History by the following authors
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Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe
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Genre: History, King Arthur
This book examines the historical foundations of the Arthurian tradition and then presents the results of excavations at Cadbury (reputed site of Camelot).

Mystery of Olga Chekhova by Antony Beevor
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Genre: History,
Olga Chekhova was recruited by Soviet Intelligence in Germany. For doing this, her family were allowed to leave Russia. This is the extraordinary story of her survival through immensely difficult situations.

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Last Secret by Nicholas Bethell


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The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen by Arnold C Brackman


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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown


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Brave Dame Mary by Louisa Hawtrey


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Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke


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Twice a Stranger by Bruce Clark


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The Last Plantagenets by Thomas B Costain


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The Lost Pharaohs by Leonard Cottrell


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The Secret History of Tutankhamun by Paul Doherty


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From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman


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Rubicon by Tom Holland


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The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley


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The Green Flag by Robert Kee


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A World Lit Only By Fire by William Manchester


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Ten Years After Ivan Denisovich by Zhores Medvedev


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After Hitler by Jurgen Neven-du Mont


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English Diaries and Journals by Kate O'Brien


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Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell


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The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad


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The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin


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Ireland's Fate by Robert Shepherd


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Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart


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Passages About Earth by William Irwin Thompson


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Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard


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Four Days by UPI