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|title=The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax

|author=Andrew Roberts

|rating=4.5

|genre=Biography

|summary=Of all the British nearly-Prime Ministers Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, must be unique. He was the one who came closest to assuming the mantle only to find the job denied him, and had he done so, on him Britain’s destiny would have depended. For he was the man whom several confidently expected, and many wanted, to take over after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain during the dark days of May 1940.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781856974</amazonuk>

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|title=The Boys In The Boat: An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin

|summary=Here be spoilers. Not so much in my review, but certainly in its subject, a very quickly produced companion guide to the latest [[:Category:Dan Brown|Dan Brown]] blockbuster. It's not so much a page-by-page guide, but certainly serves as an educational and intelligent look at the background to the biggest-selling book of 2013.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781251800</amazonuk>

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~~|title=Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household~~

~~|author=Kate Hubbard~~

~~|rating=4.5~~

~~|genre=Biography~~

|summary=Biographies old and new of Queen Victoria, her husband and her children are plentiful enough. The vast majority of them are based to some extent on the diaries, memoirs and biographies of some of the most important figures who served her, and Kate Hubbard has put these as well as supplementary archive papers to good use in presenting a thoroughly engrossing account of the royal household throughout the Queen’s lengthy reign. I might almost say ‘lively’, though that could be an exaggeration. The court of Victoria may have been homely after a fashion, but for the most part it was hardly lively.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099532239</amazonuk>~~

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