So what have we got? It's a pretty good haul this month, centered around Europe mostly but with travel around the world as a bit of a motif...
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![X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/152936776X.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Great Defiance: How the Early Modern World Took on the British Empire The Great Defiance: How the Early Modern World Took on the British Empire](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1529109957.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0861542592.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1399705083.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Around the World in 80 Pots: The Story of Humanity Told Through Beautiful Ceramics Around the World in 80 Pots: The Story of Humanity Told Through Beautiful Ceramics](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1802792392.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Wager The Wager](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/147118367X.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1526613425.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0691194742.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0674279395.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1259-1272 Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1259-1272](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0300248059.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram: An Elizabethan Sailor in Native North America The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram: An Elizabethan Sailor in Native North America](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0197648002.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0241506158.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Once Upon a Time World Once Upon a Time World](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1838953418.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Hawkhurst: Murder, Money and Smuggling in Georgian England Hawkhurst: Murder, Money and Smuggling in Georgian England](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/075099889X.02._SCM_.jpg)
The ones that I particularly like the look of are:
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Hawkhurst: Murder, Money and Smuggling in Georgian England, by Joseph Dragovich - I have already read this one (review coming soon) and enjoyed the dramatic (and at times terrible) account of tea 18th Century English tea smugglers.
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The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years, Ulbe Bosma - because I would like to put all those fantastically profitable and horrifically inhumane New World sugar plantations into context.
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The Wager, David Grann - this one seems like it has been around for ages already as I have seen positive reviews all over the place. A tale of a shipwreck and mutiny, beautifully recounted, so we are told.
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Around the World in 80 Pots: The Story of Humanity Told Through Beautiful Ceramics, Ashmolean Museum - pots in museums used to make me run for the nearest cafe but I have come to appreciate why they are such an amazing record even if they do look a bit dull. This coffee table style book is not a history of pots, but instead the story of a number of the more glamorous ones from the Ashmolean collection, which spans thousands of years and much of the world.