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|author=Paul O'Keeffe

|title=Waterloo: The Aftermath

|rating=4.5

|genre=History

|summary=There have been several accounts of the battle of Waterloo and of the events that led up to it. But it is always interesting to discover a book which finds a different way of telling the tale, or in this case focusing more on what happened directly afterwards.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099563797</amazonuk>

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|author=Tom Buk-Swienty

|summary=''The Last Escaper'' opens differently to many of the great escape biographies that were released soon after the war as it is told some 70 years later. Peter Tunstall was an RAF pilot who was shot down and spent many years as a Prisoner Of War across occupied Europe, including in Colditz. He lived through the war, but also lived through many decades of peace. Will these years of the relative quiet life lesson the tales of bravery and dare doing of the war? Of course not!

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>071564923X</amazonuk>

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~~|title=The Shop Girls~~

~~|author=Elee Seymour~~

~~|rating=4~~

~~|genre=History~~

~~|summary=Heyworth's Department Store.~~

The chances are, you have never heard of it before. I know that I hadn't, before I picked up this book. And yet, there was a time, not so long ago, when everyone in Cambridge would have been familiar with Heyworth's, even if they couldn't afford to shop there themselves. Smaller than most department stores, it offered high-end fashion, childrenswear and millinery, with a staff of smiling, smartly-dressed sales assistants ready to cater to the customer's every whim. It seems sad that with the passing of generations, the very existence of the store seems to have slipped away from the collective consciousness; ask most people in Cambridge if they remember Heyworth's and the majority response would be negative.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751554960</amazonuk>~~

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