Harry's Fantastic History

Travel through time with Harry’s Fantastic History — a collection of accessible, compelling reads spanning ancient civilisations, landmark events, and unforgettable lives. Whether you're after sweeping biographies or fascinating historical insights, these titles offer depth, variety, and endless stories to uncover.

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A Bookshop in Berlin by Francoise Frenkel - 9781501199851
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A Bookshop in Berlin
Francoise Frenkel
A PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE "A haunting tribute...
American Ulysses by Ronald C. White, Jr. - 9780812981254
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American Ulysses
Ronald C. White, Jr.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . From the author ofA. Lincoln, a major new biography of...
Zinky Boys by Svetlana Alexievich - 9780393336863
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Zinky Boys
Svetlana Alexievich
From 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan...
Wonderland by Steven Johnson - 9780399184499
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Wonderland
Steven Johnson
"A house of wonders itself. . . . Wonderland inspires grins and well-what-d'ya-knows" -The New...
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Walls
David Frye
"A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society" (Library...
Venice by Peter Ackroyd - 9780307473790
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Venice
Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial-a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice,...
Tolstoy's False Disciple by Alexandra Popoff - 9781605986401
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Tolstoy's False Disciple
Alexandra Popoff
On the snowy morning of February 8, 1897, the Petersburg secret police were following Tolstoy's...
Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt - 9780143123040
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Thinking the Twentieth Century
Tony Judt
"Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild...
The Zhivago Affair by Peter Finn - 9780345803191
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The Zhivago Affair
Peter Finn
The Zhivago Affair is the dramatic, never-before-told story-drawing on newly declassified files-of how a forbidden...
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The Unnamable Present
Roberto Calasso
A decisive key to help grasp some of the essential points of what is happening...
The Stonemason by Andrew Ziminski - 9781473663947
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The Stonemason
Andrew Ziminski
A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight...
$17.95
The Spy in Moscow Station
Eric Haseltine
The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States...
The Shadow King by Jo Marchant - 9780306821332
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The Shadow King
Jo Marchant
More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun's desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into...
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe - 9780099479376
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The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of...
The Magic Lantern by Timothy Garton Ash - 9780679740483
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The Magic Lantern
Timothy Garton Ash
The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that define a historic moment, written...
The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto - 9781400078677
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The Island at the Center of the World
Russell Shorto
In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch...
The Ghost Ships of Archangel by William Geroux - 9780525557463
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel
William Geroux
An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II- the icy journey of...
The Boys' Crusade by Paul Fussell - 9780812974881
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The Boys' Crusade
Paul Fussell
The Boys' Crusade is the great historian Paul Fussell's unflinching and unforgettable account of the...
The Art of Survival by Libby Murphy - 9780300217513
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The Art of Survival
Libby Murphy
An astute literary and cultural history of World War I in France that offers a...
The Age of Disenchantments by Aaron Shulman - 9780062484192
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The Age of Disenchantments
Aaron Shulman
A gripping narrative history of Spain's most brilliant and troubled literary family--a tale about the...
The Age Of Capital by Eric Hobsbawm - 9780349104805
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The Age Of Capital
Eric Hobsbawm
The first and best, major treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875, a penetrating analysis of...
Talking Until Nightfall by Isaac Matarasso - 9781472975881
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Talking Until Nightfall
Isaac Matarasso
'Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.' - Elie Wiesel When Nazi occupiers arrived...
Sudden Courage by Ronald C Rosbottom - 9780062470027
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Sudden Courage
Ronald C Rosbottom
The author of When Paris Went Dark returns to World War II to tell the...
Six Encounters With Lincoln by Elizabeth Brown Pryor - 9780670025909
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Six Encounters With Lincoln
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges...
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Shakespeare's Restless World
Neil MacGregor
The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 100 Objects...
Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank A. Worsley - 9781780272092
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Shackleton's Boat Journey
Frank A. Worsley
On August 1, 1914, on the eve of World War I, Sir Ernest Shackleton and...
Renaissance Woman by Ramie Targoff - 9780374140946
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Renaissance Woman
Ramie Targoff
Ramie Targoff's Renaissance Woman tells of the most remarkable woman of the Italian Renaissance: Vittoria...
Rebel Cities by x Mike Rapport - 9781408705230
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Rebel Cities
x Mike Rapport
London, Paris and New York in the eighteenth century, as today, were places where political...