Shaping Britain’s war and the post-war world from behind the scenes and proving that power was often exercised not on the battlefield but in the committee room – John Kiszely talks through the career of ‘Pug’ Ismay with the Editor.
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Paul Bernardi on The Reckoning
The author discusses The Reckoning, the third and final volume in his Rebellion series, as resistance is met with Norman brutality.
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Fiction Book of the Month: Mark Ellis on The Embassy Murders
An insight into Frank Merlin, the widowed Scotland Yard detective navigating crime, politics, and wartime London at the heart of Mark’s WW2 mystery series.
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Escaping Communism: Peter Kasl Interviewed
Peter Kasl reflects on his childhood escape from communist Czechoslovakia, the realities of life under surveillance, and rebuilding a new life in the United States.
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Geoffrey Roberts on Kathleen Harriman’s Wartime Letters
The historian discusses the journalist, diplomat’s daughter and insider to the Allied leadership, her correspondence and daily life in London and Moscow during World War II.
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The author talks about his latest book, SAS Forged in Hell with novelist Alan Bardos.
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Spy novelist and publisher Richard Foreman sat down with the great novelist's biographer to discuss the new book.
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Nicholas Higham on How England Began
During a wide-ranging conversation, the historian contemplates his new study of Late Roman Britain and early Anglo-Saxon England and recent evidence and perspectives found in the period that sits uneasily between the two.
No More Napoleons: Andrew Lambert Interviewed
Andrew Lambert
In examining the 'Wellington System', the naval historian challenges the traditional view of complacent British diplomacy in Europe during the 19th century and up to WW1.
AoH Book Club: Leanda de Lisle on After Elizabeth
Exploring the tense months after Elizabeth I’s death and the turbulent accession of James I, as intrigue rippled through court and kingdom.
John Pitts on Carausius and Allectus
John Pitts
The debut author discusses his tale of rebellion, two usurper emperors and the historical clues that inspired his novel.
Geoffrey Roberts on Kathleen Harriman’s Wartime Letters
Geoffrey Roberts
The historian discusses the journalist, diplomat’s daughter and insider to the Allied leadership, her correspondence and daily life in London and Moscow during World War II.
AoH Fiction Book of the Month: Light of the Moon
Elizabeth Buchan on Light of the Moon: why she chose the SOE, set the story in Ribérac, and how research with surviving agents shaped her novel.
In Conversation with Mickey Mayhew
The author discusses Tudor and royal mysteries, his research process, and his current biography of Ed Gein.
John Ash, Editor of Britain at War, Interviewed
Alan Bardos interviews the editor of Britain at War magazine.
AoH Book Club: John Kiszely on General Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay: Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat – A New Biography
Shaping Britain’s war and the post-war world from behind the scenes and proving that power was often exercised not on the battlefield but in the committee room – John Kiszely talks through the career of ‘Pug’ Ismay with the Editor.
Paul Bernardi on The Reckoning
The author discusses The Reckoning, the third and final volume in his Rebellion series, as resistance is met with Norman brutality.
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