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|author=Christopher de Bellaigue

|title=Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup

|genre=History

|summary= An account of the life of Muhammad Mussadegh who became Prime Minister of Iran after the Second World War. This 72 year-old man presided over the nationalisation of his countries oil resources. Consequently the British and American Intelligence services launched a coup to remove him. Very useful reading for those wanting background on the current Iranian situation.

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|author=Jung Chang

|title=Empress Dowager Cixi

|genre=History

|summary=Jung Chang presents an extensively researched account of the life and times of Dowager Empress Cixi, a monumental figure in both Chinese and world history, responsible for instigating China's transition from medievalism to the modern age.

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|author=Margalit Fox

|title=The Riddle of the Labyrinth

|genre=History

|summary=A superlatively readable book that tells of a seemingly dry slice of history with utmost clarity.

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|author=Peter Hart

|title=The Great War

|genre=History

|summary=A thorough account encompassing all aspects of the Great War, discussing how it affected the world scene and the lives of ordinary people.

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|author=Greg King and Sue Woolmans

|title=The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Murder That Changed the World

|genre=History

|summary= A biography of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, and his wife Sophie, whose assassinations at Sarajevo in 1914 led to the outbreak of the First World War.

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|author=Jo Marchant

|title=The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy

|genre=History

|summary=Jo Marchant delves into the history surrounding one of the greatest discoveries of all time and looks to science to answer some of the big unanswered questions about Tutankhamen.

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|author=J C Masterman

|title=The Double Cross System

|genre=History

|summary= Leave reading West's introduction to the end and dive straight into Masterman's formal (but highly readable) report into the activities overseen by the XX Committee for intriguing insights into some of the real successes of WW2 ~ and some of the ideas that came to nothing. West's introduction makes much more sense reading it after you have some idea of what he's talking about. A fascinating historical document that still resonates with what might just be still going on today. Recommended.

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|author=Ian Mortimer

|title=The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

|genre=History

|summary= A social history that vividly evokes the reality of how it would have been for people of all walks of life to live in the England of Queen Elizabeth.

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|author=Tom Reiss

|title=The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo

Fascinating tale of an almost-forgotten hero. Huge recommendation.

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|author=A T Williams

|title=A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa

|genre=History

|summary=Revelations about 26-year-old Baha Mousa, whose severely bruised body that have, since his death in 2003 while being questioned by British troops in their Basra base, become one of the most notorious matters to emerge out of the Allied occupation of Iraq. A prizewinning, lucid, forensic account.

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