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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Author Interviews
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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Mickey Mayhew on The Romanovs
Historian Mickey Mayhew discusses the last months of the Romanovs, life inside the Alexander Palace, and Empress Alexandra’s role as the family faced revolution and captivity.
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Melanie Singh Hughes
The novelist discusses writing women’s lives across the upheavals of the 20th century.
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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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Brothers in Arms: James Holland Interview
AoH contributor and WW2 Historian Rupert Hague Holmes sat down with James to discuss his latest book.
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Evan Mawdsley on Supremacy at Sea
The historian discusses the naval war in the Pacific theatre during WW2.
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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 Book Club: 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.
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.
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