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f r om the p u l p i t 1 Jerry Brotton h i st or y 5 William Doino Jr

Were the Popes Against the Jews? Tracking the Myths, Confronting the Ideologues Justus George Lawler 6 Piers Brendon

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West & the Remaking of Asia Pankaj Mishra 8 Leslie Mitchell

The Day Parliament Burned Down Caroline Shenton 9 Miri Rubin

Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30–325 Geza Vermes 11 Jonathan Mirsky

Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings & their Aftermath Paul Ham • Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent & Unknowing Craig Collie 12 David Gelber

Damn His Blood: Being a True & Detailed History of the Most Barbarous & Inhumane Murder at Oddingley & the Quick & Awful Retribution Peter Moore c l oa k & dag g e r 14 Christopher Ross

Ninja: 1,000 years of the Shadow Warriors John Man 15 John Cooper

The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I Stephen Alford 17 Alan Judd

Man of War: The Secret Life of Captain Alan Hillgarth, Officer, Adventurer, Agent Duff Hart-Davis 18 Roderick Bailey

The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets & Lives of Christine Granville, Britain’s First Female Special Agent of the Second World War Clare Mulley 19 Hugh Bicheno

Castro’s Secrets: The CIA & Cuba’s Intelligence Machine Brian Latell b i o g r a p hy 20 Sarah Bradford

Bertie: A Life of Edward VII Jane Ridley 21 David Collard

A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler – A Life Tom Williams