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RECOMMENDED READING

These are lists of books we recommend, books that we have enjoyed ourselves or know that others have enjoyed.

reading groups - we make a few tentative suggestions, listing some literary ladies and literary gents.

A selection of musical novels (ding! dong!).

historical novels - our selections.

We champion the seafaring novels of Patrick O' Brian, whose series of twenty books centres around the friendship of Jack Aubrey, an officer in Nelson's navy, and Stephen Maturin, his ship's surgeon.

Read about Matthew Hervey, a soldier in Wellington's army, in the novels by Allan Mallinson.

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popular historical writing - Longitude by Dava Sobel (which told the story of John Harrison and the search for the solution to calculate longitude at sea) started a new literary fad, and here we recommend similar books.

popular books on science - the hard facts of science made understandable to the lay person. Our selection of some of the most intersting and accessible books on science.