Author Interviews
Michael Ridpath on Operation Berlin
Dance of the Earth: An Interview with Anna M Holmes
Death to Order: A Conversation with Simon Ball
WW2 LATEST INTERVIEW
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Johan Wennström
The Cold War historian reflects on Sweden’s secret cooperation with NATO, the craft of archival research, and ongoing work on stay-behind networks and Olof Palme.

Michael Ridpath on Operation Berlin
The bestselling author discusses 1930s Berlin and the first in his new series of post-WW1 historical fiction with Mark Ellis.

Dance of the Earth: An Interview with Anna M Holmes
Anna M Holmes
The novelist discusses how her book blends theatre, history and human resilience across art, war and societal change.

Death to Order: A Conversation with Simon Ball
Simon Ball
Assassination rarely achieves its aims, the academic maintains, but it endures as a useful tool to shape behaviour the international stage.

Andrew Taylor on A Schooling in Murder
The author discusses the wartime setting, narrative choices and historical research behind his latest murder mystery.

Annie Elliot on Mr & Mrs Charles Dickens: Her Story: “So The World May Know He Loved Me Once.”
Annie Elliot
The author talks through her debut novel, how she reclaims the story of Catherine Dickens and examines her mistreatment at the hands of her husband

An Interview with Daria Santini
The author talks through her background in German literature, her inclination towards cultural history and possible biographies of 20th-century women.

AoH Book Club: James Dunford Wood on The Big Little War
The author discusses the overlooked Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941, exploring how the improvised defence of RAF Habbaniya may have had far-reaching consequences for the Second World War.

AoH Fiction Book of the Month: MJ Porter on King of Kings
The author discusses the historical inspiration, characters, and research behind King of Kings, and explores the rich, often overlooked world of 10th-century Saxon England.

‘Monarchs Actually Did Something Back Then!’: Richard Foreman Interviews Charlie Higson
The author and podcaster shares his reflections on a thought-provoking journey through a thousand years of British kings and queens that mixes personal curiosity with expert insight.
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