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|author= Suzannah Lipscomb

|title= The King is Dead

|rating= 5

|genre= History

|summary= Shortly before his death in January 1547, King Henry VIII's last will and testament was read, stamped and sealed. It has remained one of the most intriguing and contested documents in British history. This book examines it from every angle, and analyses the background against the last days of the King's life and the events which followed.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784081922</amazonuk>

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|author= Ian Mortimer

|summary=The brief but bloody clash of arms between Denmark and Prussia which took place in 1864 has never been regarded as one of the major 19th century European wars, and I cannot recall having ever seen a single volume devoted to it so far. In this book, which forms the basis of a new TV drama series, Tom Buk-Swienty has done us a service in reminding us that it had a far greater political impact than we may have appreciated.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781252769</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Jeremy Treglown~~

~~|title=Franco's Crypt: Spanish Culture and Memory Since 1936~~

~~|rating=3.5~~

~~|genre=History~~

|summary=With ''Franco’s Crypt'' Jeremy Treglown has taken a highly charged subject – life in Spain under Franco – and placed it under what to some might appear a somewhat revisionist microscope. His aim appears to be twofold: to consider the nature of collective memory, particularly in the light of the exhumations of mass graves that commenced earlier this century, and, secondly, to examine – and celebrate - Spain’s cultural output during Franco’s years as dictator.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784701157</amazonuk>~~

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