Military history
The Outpost: The Most Heroic Battle of the Afghanistan War
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
The heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan war, acclaimed by critics as a classic.
‘A mind-boggling, all-too-true story of heroism, hubris, failed strategy, and heartbreaking sacrifice’ Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild
Love in the Blitz: A Woman in a World Turned Upside Down
‘Her voice is absolutely, beguilingly conversational … Intelligent, allusive, iconoclastic, captivatingly intense … This is the news from the domestic frontline: personal, unique, unexpurgated, without propaganda, as it unfolded and was experienced … Splendid’William Boyd, Guardian
Prisoners of History: What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves
A Spectator Book of the Year 2020
A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2020
‘Inspired … Lowe’s sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers’ MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES
The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground
A gripping memoir written by a 96-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor about his escape from Nazi-occupied Poland in the 1930’s and his adventures with the French Resistance during World War II
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War
‘Excellent’ Antony Beevor
‘Saul David is a brilliant historian … In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life’ James Holland
The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of London
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people … Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished … Fresh, fast and deeply moving.’ New York Times
The British Are Coming: The War for America 1775 -1777
‘To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing … A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [America’s] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear.’ New York Times
Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
‘A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read’
Fighter Boys: The Pilots Behind the Battle of Britain
In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story.
The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave
SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN – Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop’s lively, action-packed biography examines the life, heroic war and death of one of Britain’s most remarkable 20th century figures.
Love and War in the Apennines: Unabridged edition
Hailed as Newby’s ‘masterpiece’, Love and War in the Apennines is the gripping real-life story of Newby’s imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.
The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses: Unabridged edition
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth
‘Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read’ Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad
A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski’s portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest.
Nein: Standing up to Hitler 1935–1944
From bestselling and prize-winning author Paddy Ashdown, a revelatory new history of German opposition to Hitler.
‘Ashdown has a great gift for narrative history. He unearths little known stories and places them in context with great dexterity. His new book throws fresh and important light on a crucial topic.’ JONATHAN DIMBLEBY
Summer of Blood: The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381: Unabridged edition
Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian, ‘Summer of Blood’ breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June 1381.