Fiennes had picked his moment well. Ever since the dramatic Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980, the press, and to some degree the…
But there is a clear difference between soldiers who fight for their own national army – or, it may be, their own…
Anderson, an American history professor who has taught about the war for 20 years – ‘a Southerner teaching in South Carolina’, he…
Roberts begins with a personal hero, Napoleon Bonaparte. There seemed to be an array of qualities that made the general great, including…
The Battle of Waterloo is intrinsically linked to the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon, the towering military figures of the early 19th…
Max Hastings, noted historian and journalist, is a titanic force in British history, with 27 books to his name – many of…
Simon de Montfort was a colossus in English affairs during the 13th century, as this biography skilfully explains. What is revealed is…
David Stahel’s latest book, Retreat from Moscow: a new history of Germany’s winter campaign, 1941-1942, is here to add vital nuance to…
This book is written rather in the style of an excellent set of lecture notes produced by a diligent tutor. Frank Ledwidge,…
Like a sort of Second World War smorgasbord, you can take a look and pull tasty morsels out of Hidden Places of…