Kelsey Berry

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The Hotel on Place Vendôme: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris

This book will appeal to readers interested in World War II and aficionados of the Lost Generation but will disappoint those in search of a clean, singular history of the hotel.
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Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy

With an intriguing cast of characters derived from his primary sources, Duggan's work is both accessible to readers of World War II history and an important new work in the historiography of modern Italy.
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Sayer, Derek. Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History

Through both the breadth and depth of his knowledge, Sayer will reward the patient reader; in the surrealist fashion, he focuses on the seemingly mundane details to provide a true biography of Prague.
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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

Parker's magisterial global history is bold in scope and superb in execution, and while the size is daunting, the book is a pleasure throughout. Highly recommended for readers of Brian Fagan's The Little Ice Age as well as for scholars of the era.
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The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, the Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World It Created

Despite the title's implication of a narrow focus, this history of the impact of the British Empire's horticultural ambitions will interest readers of biographies as well as students of industrialization, architecture, and, of course, botany, although they may be disappointed with the book's polite treatment of the imperial project at large.
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The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine—Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary

This study will appeal to avid readers of 19th-century British studies. Readers seeking a uniquely female perspective and story will be disappointed as the scant record includes no such personal details.
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