Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
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Category: History
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a sai ...Show more
Our Man - Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer
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Category: History
From one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man. *FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2020* Richard Holbrooke was one of the most legendary and complicated figures in ...Show more
The King's Assassin : The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by Benjamin Woolley
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Category: History
The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming gentleman of the royal bedchamber in 1615, the young gallant enraptured James, Britain's first Stuart king, royal adoration reaching such an intensity that the king declared he wanted the courtier to become his ...Show more