Harrys 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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War and Punishment by Mikhail Zygar - 9781398714021
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War and Punishment
Mikhail Zygar
'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas,...
The Sphinx by Nicholas Wapshott - 9780393088885
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The Sphinx
Nicholas Wapshott
May 1938. Franklin Delano Roosevelt-recently reelected to a second term as president-sat in the Oval...
The Spy's Son by Bryan Denson (Federal courts reporter, The Oregonian newspaper and OregonLive.com) - 9781925228038
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The Spy's Son
Bryan Denson (Federal courts reporter, The Oregonian newspaper and OregonLive.com)
The riveting true story of the father-and-son co-conspirators who sold US national secrets to Russia....
The Porcelain Thief by Huan Hsu - 9780007479436
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The Porcelain Thief
Huan Hsu
In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and...
The Pope and Mussolini by David I. Kertzer - 9780812983678
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The Pope and Mussolini
David I. Kertzer
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN...
The Nazi Menace by Benjamin Carter Hett - 9781250798763
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The Nazi Menace
Benjamin Carter Hett
Berlin, November 1937. In a secret meeting with his top advisors, Adolf Hitler proclaims the...
The Awful Grace of God by Stuart Wexler - 9781619021549
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The Awful Grace of God
Stuart Wexler
The Awful Grace of God chronicles a multi-year effort to kill Martin Luther King Jr....
The Artist and the Eternal City
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The Artist and the Eternal City
Loyd Grossman
This brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship to the Catholic...
Red Roulette
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Red Roulette
Desmond Shum
"THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ." --CNN SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF...
My Life in the Service by George McGovern - 9781879957596
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My Life in the Service
George McGovern
Before he was a celebrated politician, Senator George McGovern served as a B-24 bomber pilot...
Lightning Down
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Lightning Down
Tom Clavin
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August...
How Do We Look by Mary Beard (Cambridge University) - 9781631494406
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How Do We Look
Mary Beard (Cambridge University)
Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of...
Hollywood Double Agent by Jonathan Gill - 9781419740091
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Hollywood Double Agent
Jonathan Gill
The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the...
Hellfire Boys
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Hellfire Boys
Theo Emery
This explosive look into the dawn of chemical warfare during World War I is "a...
George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade - 9781595231109
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George Washington's Secret Six
Brian Kilmeade
The four-month New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of six unknown and...
Family Betrayal by David Burke - 9780750996600
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Family Betrayal
David Burke
The remarkable story of the Kuczynskis, a family of Soviet spies under cover in Britain....
Conspiracy of One
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Conspiracy of One
Peter Rand
Officers from the U.S. Embassy, Scotland Yard, and MI5 broke into the bedroom of suave...
Anne Frank's Family by Mirjam Pressler - 9780307739414
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Anne Frank's Family
Mirjam Pressler
This fascinating history of Anne Frank and the family that shaped her is based on...
Agent Sniper
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Agent Sniper
Tim Tate
The thrilling never-before-told story of Agent Sniper, one of the Cold War's most effective counter-agents...
The Plots Against Hitler by Danny Orbach - 9781328745675
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The Plots Against Hitler
Danny Orbach
"[A] gripping look at a historical counternarrative that remains relevant and disturbing." -- Kirkus Reviews...
Hitler's Greatest Defeat by Paul Adair - 9781804361542
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Hitler's Greatest Defeat
Paul Adair
How the Nazis lost the war 1944 was a year of trial for the German...
Ice Ghosts by Paul Watson - 9780393249385
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Ice Ghosts
Paul Watson
Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two...
The Golden Thread by Kassia St Clair - 9781473659056
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The Golden Thread
Kassia St Clair
'Fascinating . . . The history of the world through the eye of a needle...
The Berlin Shadow
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The Berlin Shadow
Jonathan Lichtenstein
A deeply moving memoir that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its...
Zeebrugge Raid 1918: Voices from the Past by Paul Kendall - 9781473876712
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Zeebrugge Raid 1918: Voices from the Past
Paul Kendall
Approximately a third of all Allied merchant vessels sunk during the First World War were...
Young Heroes of the Soviet Union by Alex Halberstadt - 9781400067060
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Young Heroes of the Soviet Union
Alex Halberstadt
In this "urgent and enthralling reckoning with family and history" (Andrew Solomon), an American writer...
The Strategy of Victory by Thomas Fleming - 9780306824968
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The Strategy of Victory
Thomas Fleming
Led by the Continental Congress, the Americans almost lost their war for independence because their...
The Munich Art Hoard by Catherine Hickley - 9780500252154
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The Munich Art Hoard
Catherine Hickley
In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, German customs authorities...