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Paul Lay

The Best History Books of 2019

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Paul Lay has shared book recommendations indexed across multiple publications and interviews.

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The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl

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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans

An Economic History of the English Garden

Maoism: A Global History

Napoleon: a Life in Gardens and Shadows

Plunder: Napoleon's Theft of Veronese’s Feast

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World

London's 'Golden Mile': The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550–1650

The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

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Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium

Iran: A Modern History

Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain

Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison

Thomas Cromwell: A Life

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