History
Britain on the Brink of Invasion: Alex Gerlis Interviewed
The author returns to discuss the latest instalment in The Double Agent series as the threat of Nazi Germany looms large.
Alex, this is the second novel in the series. What has happened since the end of Every Spy a Traitor and the beginning of The Second Traitor? The most important thing which has happened is that the Second World War is now underway – the first book ends on the day...
AoH Book Club: Gretchen Friemann on The Treaty
Historian Gretchen Friemann considers long-running conflicts, peace processes and their legacies in discussing her 2021 book.
Gretchen, your book, The Treaty, dealt with the negotiations for the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. As an Australian who lives in Dublin, why did you want to write about them? The idea for the book came from a chance encounter in an archive. While I was studying for a...
The Forever War
The Korean War is a ‘forgotten’ conflict, but one with brutal and present-day consequences 75 years after it began.
The Forever War One cold spring day early in the writing of this book, I stood in the midst of the main shopping thoroughfare in Bracknell and asked 62 random passers-by whether they had heard of six battles from British history, and the wars in which they were...
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The Judgement of Stars, by Jane Thynne
Another Clara Vine thriller set in Nazi Germany promises espionage, historical detail and intrigue.
The Judgment of Stars, by Jane Thynne The Judgement of Stars is the sixth book in Jane Thynne’s Clara Vine noir thriller series, set in Germany and following a chronology from Black Roses, set in the early 1930s, to The Judgement of Stars in 1942. Clearly, there is...
Crusader, by Adam Staten
The last volume in an entertaining and rip-roaring trilogy that tackles the First Crusade.
Crusader, by Adam Staten Crusader is the third and final book in Staten’s Honour Bound trilogy, following on from Blood Debt and Oath Breaker, both of which were released in 2024 and both of which I reviewed for Aspects of History if you wish to go back to catch up on...