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Oxford University Press publishes a broad range of quality history titles, from ancient history to current affairs, and from biography to the History of Science, Ideas and Art.

This section of the OUP website is designed to showcase some of the best new writing for a wide audience: combining quality with accessibility, popular history titles will appeal to general readers of history.

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A Most Holy War
The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom
Mark Gregory Pegg

A gripping account of the ruthless Christian crusade that pitted European against European and introduced genocide to Western history

27 March 2008 | £13.99 | hardback | 288 pages

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What Hath God Wrought
The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Daniel Walker Howe

Provides a monumental narrative of an era that saw dramatic transformations in American life

28 February 2008 | £18.99 | hardback | 928 pages

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The Russian Revolution
Sheila Fitzpatrick

'A lucid and indeed instantly classic explanation of the revolutionary spirit in its pre-1917 and Lenin-then-Stalin dominated stages.' Tribune

28 February 2008 | £9.99 | Paperback | 240 pages

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Hiroshima
The World's Bomb
Andrew J. Rotter

'A profound look at one of mankind's most significant (and tragic) events.' Thomas W. Zeiler

28 February 2008 | £16.99 | hardback | 368 pages

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