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|author= Susan Duxbury-Neumann

|title= What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain

|rating= 4

|genre= History

|summary= The adapted Monty Pythonesque rhetorical question takes some time to provide a full answer, and this slim but useful volume does so very well.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445664860</amazonuk>

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|author= Gillian Tindall

|summary= You know that old saying about judging books by their cover? Ignore it! I have found that by judging a book by its cover and getting it completely wrong is a great way to find yourself committed to reading a book that you'd never have picked in a million years and yet, somehow, being amazingly glad you did.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099554887</amazonuk>

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~~|author= Helen Hollick~~

~~|title= Pirates: Truth and Tale~~

~~|rating= 4~~

~~|genre= History~~

|summary=The eighteenth century lived in terror of the tramps of the seas – pirates. Pirates have fascinated people ever since. It was a harsh life for those who went 'on the account', constantly overshadowed by the threat of death – through violence, illness, shipwreck, or the hangman's noose. The lure of gold, the excitement of the chase and the freedom that life aboard a pirate ship offered were judged by some to be worth the risk. Helen Hollick explores both the fiction and fact of the Golden Age of piracy, and there are some surprises in store for those who think they know their Barbary Corsair from their boucanier. Everyone has heard of Captain Morgan, but who recognises the name of the aristocratic Frenchman Daniel Montbars? He killed so many Spaniards he was known as 'The Exterminator'. The fictional world of pirates, represented in novels and movies, is different from reality. What draws readers and viewers to these notorious hyenas of the high seas? What are the facts behind the fantasy?

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445652153</amazonuk>~~

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