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Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince

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A Song of Gladness

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The Middle Kingdoms winter Few books have been as'Fascinating, masterful gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator 'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph *The dramatic history of Europe's shape shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs* Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire