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The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this ‘riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult’ (Los Angeles Times).
‘The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastings’s portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose’ THE TIMES
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From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
‘The best single-volume history of the war ever written’ DOMINIC SANDBOOK, SUNDAY TIMES
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD
‘This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. It is an icon of a young woman’s heroism’ Philippa Gregory
An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year
‘A rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism’ Financial Times
December 1943. A German fort sits impregnable atop a mountain. Standing between the Allied forces and their path to Rome is a steep climb up a 200-foot cliff, in the snow, in the middle of the night.
‘The book we need right now’ Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal
A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy.
A powerful, probing book about PTSD.
An astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history.
‘A terrific book … It really is one of the most enjoyable histories I’ve read in many a year’ JAMES HOLLAND
‘Riveting … A brilliant account’ DAILY MAIL
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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+
‘Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century’ Nick Hornby
