THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
Death of a Rebel tells the story of Charles Andrews Fenton (1919-1960), a charismaticteacher, scholar, and writer who took his own life by jumping from the top of the Washington Duke Hotel in Durham, North Carolina.
A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "e;unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war"e; (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain)'The book we need right now' Atul Gawande, author of Being MortalWhat do we owe the past?
On March 23, 2003, in the city of An Nasiriyah, Iraq, members of the 507th Maintenance Company came under attack from Iraqi forces who killed or wounded twenty-one soldiers and took six prisoners, including Private Jessica Lynch.
The true-to-life story of a Ranger who volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry, racing to the aid of soldiers who faced the same dangers he had barely survived in the jungles of Vietnam.
General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross) to Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of 'the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking'The most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings.
The first biography of Airey Neave, Colditz escapee, MI6 officer, mastermind of Margaret Thatcher's leadership campaign and on the verge of being her first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he was brutally murdered in the palace of Westminster by the INLA.
Following on from the success of 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir recounts the summer he spent working at a local harbour in Ireland, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust.
Una noche de noviembre de 2020 el pasado irrumpe sin aviso: mi cedula militar estaba en Inglaterra, subastada en eBay, ofrecida al mejor postor como un trofeo de guerra.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo secreto de hombres fue lanzado tras las lineas enemigas para encender la chispa de la resistencia en la Europa ocupada.
En 1993, durante el ataque de un grupo rebelde armado a la población de Mattru Jong (Sierra Leona), Ishmael Beah, de 12 años de edad, se ve obligado a escapar hacia la selva, esquivando los cuerpos de los aldeanos abatidos por la disparos.
UNO DE LOS MEJORES PERIODISTAS ESPAÑOLES DEL SIGLO XXUn retrato lúcido y desgarrador de una de las épocas más decisivas de nuestra historia reciente«Gaziel era un sabio».
One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE.
Alongside the Founding Fathers who are household names, numerous lesser known founders were also instrumental in the establishment of the United States of America.
Christian Hardinghaus enthullt erstmals die vollstandige Geschichte von Konrad Morgen, dem einzigen Mann, der systematisch Verbrechen der SS aufdeckte und dabei uber 200 Anklagen gegen zum Teil hochrangige SS-Angehorige formulierte.
Eine unmogliche Aufgabe in AfghanistanIm August 2021 wird der junge Oberleutnant Marc Hinzmann kurzfristig mit einem zusammengewurfelten Team von Feldjagern nach Afghanistan befohlen.
