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Book Recommendations

History book recommendations by Dr Julia Martins.

The Fifth Crusade: A History of the Epic Campaign to Conquer Egypt

Greek Fire, St Francis of Assisi, and Female Crusaders: The Messy and Surprising Fifth Crusade

The Fifth Crusade: A History of the Epic Campaign to Conquer Egypt

Thomas Smith

Castles: A Fortified History of the World

Let's Talk about Castles, from the Great Wall of China to Disney

Castles: A Fortified History of the World

Dan Jones

Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save your Twenty-First-Century Life

Early Modern Nuns: My Favourite Kind of Self-Help

Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save your Twenty-First-Century Life

Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita

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