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1.		The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster (Allen Lane History) from Allen Lane Price: £15.00 Customer Review: This magnificent book completes Evans' trilogy on the Third Reich. It covers all aspects of the war including the home front: morale, the role of women, the effect of the bombing, food, wages and conditions. He also examines the roles of the air force, navy and army, and gives us shrewd portraits of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49' from Profile Books Ltd Price: £4.49 Customer Review: I write this in late 2008 as the global financial system goes into meltdown and the credit crunch is really biting into our individual pockets. What Nella Last would make of our sickeningly materialistic, wasteful, 'spend spend spend' times I cannot imagine! On a domestic level we could all... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town from Profile Books Ltd Price: £12.49 Customer Review: After reading Robert Harris's novel Pompeii I was keen on gaining more knowledge about both the people and the town that was overcome by the eruption of Vesuvius , so this books publication allowed me that opportunity. The amount of information conveyed is awesome and the life of the various... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		It's All Greek to Me from Short Books, London Price: £7.79 Customer Review: The author's enthusiasm for her subject is extremely infectious. She brings the ancient Greeks wonderfully to life, covering an awful lot of territory in a very short space.Thoroughly recommended.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		I Never Knew That About England from Ebury Press Price: £6.89 Customer Review: Along with G Meehan I find the errors irritating having found two more in the first 24 pages. One is often repeated and may be considered trivial by many - the line from Gray's Elegy (page 18) The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, True, several websites print this version but... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 from Faber and Faber Price: £12.49 Customer Review: I fully agree with what the other reviewers have said about this book, which is a marvellous overview of the Italian front during 1915-18. Not only a military history - though it is that, of course, but also a political and cultural history. And not only of the Italian experience, even though that... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		The Discovery of France from Picador Price: £5.99 Customer Review: This is a superbly written history-cum-travelogue. Robb is known for his books on French writers (Balzac, Hugo and Rimbaud) but here he ventures into peasant France, riding on his bicycle to make the time for the small details of life in rural France. He writes extremely well about landscape, an the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Mein Kampf from Jaico Publishing House Price: £6.28 Customer Review: a very romantic and enlightening read, really opened my eyes to new things heil the fuhrer	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Baader-Meinhof Complex from The Bodley Head Ltd	Click here for more information

10.		Fifty Things You Need to Know About British History from Collins Customer Review: I bought this book to fill gaps in my historical knowledge and the introduction mentions that the contents are for everyone who is interested in history but frightened of the fog! It lifts the fog completely, is beautifully written, concise and easy to follow putting history in a chronological... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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