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The family name of Beaufort played a major part in British history during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It therefore seems remarkable that little has been written about them until this present volume. [[The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown by Nathen Amin|Full Review]]
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===[[The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean]]===
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In February 1968 the Soviet nuclear missile submarine K-129 left the port of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula with a crew of 98 submariners. The captain and executive officers were experienced: the only factor giving cause for concern was that the crew had only recently returned to base and were expecting a longer break and were only back at sea because two sister ships had experienced mechanical problems and were unfit for combat patrols. The Division Commander complained that the decision was cruel and potentially reckless. He would be proved right - but not publicly - as K-129 went down with all hands in March 1968. It was a while before the Soviet navy realised that it had lost one of its submarines and despite an extensive search they couldn't find it. [[The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean|Full Review]]
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