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Zeb Baker-Smith
Zeb Baker-Smith is Editor at Aspects of History. He currently works as a Classics teacher in rural Malawi and, in his spare time, occupies himself with a sprinkling of freelance journalism, reviewing, editing and writing.
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Love and Time Travel: Santa Montefiore Interviewed
The bestselling author reflects on the artistic motivations and her creative approach behind the latest volume in her Timeslider trilogy.
Santa, your latest book, Secrets of the Starlit Sea, has recently been published. By our calculations that makes it your 32nd book since Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree back in 2001. Do you have a favourite? It’s very hard to choose a favourite because at the time of...
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The History behind The Bratinsky Affair
Exile and loss permeate Ireland’s history and its people’s relationship with Europe, themes to which the author anchors his debut novel.
The History behind The Bratinsky Affair "It is not the wimpled version of history that is interesting but its brutality." - Hilary Mantel The story of Countess Irina Bratinsky, née O’Rourke de Breffny, has its roots in the religious wars of 17th-century Ireland and...
Second Front, by Marc Milner
A fascinating treatise with much truth that Canada’s economic and military contribution has not received the recognition that it deserves.
The subtitle of this book is ‘Anglo American Rivalry and the hidden story of the Normandy Campaign’ and the theme is American political and military machinations to ensure that Allied strategy in the Second World War was diverted to the support of American interests...
Historical Heroes: Chiune Sugihara
A display of moral courage and a story of orders defied saw a Japanese diplomat save thousands of live in the Second World War.
Historical Heroes: Chiune Sugihara Chiune Sugihara is the little-known Japanese World War 2 hero who saved thousands of refugees with his pen. Through his quiet defiance, he issued what became known as ‘Visas for Life’, helping an estimated 6,000 Jewish refugees...
The Five Armies That Made Europe
As national defence rises up the agendas of Western governments, the author spans two millennia and provides examples of fundamental military reform that shaped history.
The Five Armies That Made Europe Regrettably, war is inevitable. Many of us who have had the privilege of being born in Western democracies after 1945 have been spared having to confront war directly. This has created a false optimism that future generations may not...
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination, by Brendan Cooper
A rich quarry for artists and writers alike, the psychology and morals of an era can be unearthed from cricket's plotlines and characters.
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination, by Brendan Cooper It is now a cliché - perhaps always has been - to refer to cricket as a rich quarry for artistic achievement, even as mainstream coverage becomes less fixated on the written word and more...
Korea: War Without End, by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman
A ‘forgotten’ conflict, but one with brutal and present-day consequences, is probed 75 years after it began.
Korea: War Without End, by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman This is of seminal importance to our appreciation of the importance of the Korean War. The authors combine strategic military awareness with the necessity of providing historical analysis built on thorough...