The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through the Cities at the Heart of Europe This is in many ways a book about the history which history forgot. In it, the cities of central and eastern Europe come alive with a cornucopia of intriguing facts and fascinating...
When I was asked to review this book, I jumped at the chance. Although being ex-RAF, I had no knowledge of the events that took place in Iraq in May 1941, and was keen to learn. Little, if anything, has been written about what became one of the most important...
In 2003, Michael Admiraal and his father embarked on a road trip across Europe to visit eight concentration camps. Along the Roads to Hell is the legacy of this trip; an account of their experience and memories infused with historical fact. Admiraal begins by...
Jane, It’s been a few years since the last Clara Vine novel was published. Can you tell is us about the character - and what inspired you to return to her story now in The Judgement of Stars? The original inspiration for Clara Vine came from several memoirs by women...
This work by Prit Buttar enhances his reputation as a detailed chronicler of the military campaigns in Eastern Europe in the Second World War. His understanding of the nature of the campaigns waged by both sides during the second phase of the siege of Leningrad is...
In WW2 Europe, escape routes for Jewish refugees were vanishing one by one. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Kaunas in Lithuania became a haven for Jewish families fleeing the brutality of the Nazis. But that safety was short-lived. As the numbers needing to flee...
Michael, Along the Roads to Hell recounts the trip you took with your father to visit eight concentration camps across Europe. Why did you want to turn this experience into a book? In a way, the book could be seen as a monument for the special experience that I have...
Budapest in Wartime: Adam LeBor Interviewed Congratulations on the publication of your new book, The Last Days of Budapest. It’s an extremely powerful book that tells the story of Budapest’s descent into catastrophe during World War II, could you start by telling us...
With Sky Warriors, Saul David has written an excellent account of British Airborne Forces during the Second World War, from their inception in the dark days of June 1940 through to the successful airborne drop to support the crossing of The Rhine in March 1945. As...
When discussing concentration camp Dora-Mittelbau in my latest book Along the Roads to Hell, I mentioned the Heeresversuchsanstalt (HVA) Peenemünde. Peenemünde is situated on the north-west corner of the German island Usedom in the Baltic Sea, close to the Polish...
