This portrayal of Ney examines a brilliant yet flawed commander whose legacy is shaped by both tactical brilliance and tragic misjudgement.
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Berenice: Queen in Roman Judea, by Bruce Chilton
A review of Berenice: Queen in Roman Judea explores Bruce Chilton’s reconstruction of a largely voiceless historical figure within the complexities of Roman and Judaean history.
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Nuremberg: The Translator’s Tale, by Helen Fry
An account of Howard Triest, a Jewish interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials, lays out the personal toll of psychologically examining the perpetrators of the Holocaust
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Carausius and Allectus: The Britons Who Stood Against Rome, by John Pitts
A thoughtful and immersive portrayal of Roman Britain, blending historical context with compelling narrative.
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A Faithful Spy, by Jimmy Burns
A biography of the spy Walter Bell is absorbing and offers fresh insight.
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Stalin’s War, by Sean McMeekin
A revisionist history that looks at the Second World War in a new way and argues Stalin as true victor.
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Victory To Defeat, by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman
Should be read by every student at the Staff College.
British history is traced through 25 iconic buildings – from Maiden Castle to 30 St Mary Axe – in this blend of architectural perusal and cultural insight. An aspiring journalist and an historian investigate a murder in the German capital amid Hitler's rise and the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Trevor James A study of the fall of Berlin revealing how rivalries, ideology, and personal testimonies defined the chaotic end of the Nazi regime. Nicola Cornick An exploration of British parliamentary history from 1603 to 1945 through the scandals, misconduct and crimes of rogue MPs. A worthy re-evaluation of the reign of Offa, showing through varied evidence how his power shaped Mercia’s dominance and early English state formation. An examination of Lincolnshire's folklore, tracing how legends like Yallery Brown and the Lincoln Imp have evolved over time through storytelling, embellishment, and cultural memory Robert Poley returns amid the intrigue surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots’s captivity in another of Peter Tonkin's depiction of plots and political tension in Elizabethan England. An ambitious and successful account demonstrating how unlikely alliance and antagonism, rooted in identity and ambition, led to the Peloponnesian War. Modern-day understanding of the Roman world was frequently shaped by public perception and talk of the emperors played a role in influencing that history. Lara Bentley The story of a foundling-turned-dancer and her twins spans decades and entwines art, identity and survival together into a rich work of historical fiction.
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Building Britannia: A History of Britain in 25 Buildings, by Steven Parissien
Operation Berlin, by Michael Ridpath
Berlin: Endgame 1945, by Prit Buttar
Members Behaving Badly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary Rogues, by Debbie Kilroy
Offa: King of the Mercians, by Rory Naismith
Devils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England’s Forgotten County, by Rory Waterman
Shadow of a Queen, by Peter Tonkin
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry that Shaped Ancient Greece, by Adrian Goldsworthy
Behind Caesar’s Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors, by Caillan Davenport
Dance of the Earth, by Anna M Holmes
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