It’s been a very autumnal summer here in the UK — now, it’s time to prepare for the real thing. But as they seasons change, so too do bookshelves. Stockpile for the cool breeze and falling leaves by pre-ordering a pile of shiny new books. (And it’s not like we’re biased or anything, but here are a few that we just can’t wait for!)
In the first of this two-part blog series, Co-Author Andrew Sangster casts a surprising new light on the legendary leaders who spearheaded the Italian campaign… Were they really as legendary as they first seem?
Author Denis Courtois imparts some of the ancestral anecdotes that stayed with him throughout his studies and how this lore inspired him to write his new book about Allied, Axis, and Vichy governments exploiting radio to win over the population in Occupied France.
Author Andrew Chatterton honours the unknown women of Britain’s secret resistance — the unsuspecting but highly trained grandmothers, landladies, and teenage girls who would have played a hugely critical role had the Germans invaded.
“Always winter, but never Christmas”. For many observing Christmas in 1942, this fictional quote was the harrowing truth. This week’s blog is from New York Times bestselling author Peter Harmsen as he reflects on the events of that fateful wartime Christmas and what they tell us about cruelty, kindness, and the human condition in extraordinary times.
Is the law always a sufficient mechanism for justice? Can morality ever be objective? How do you begin to construct a legal defense for pure evil? In this blog post, author Andrew Sangster discusses the process of researching and conceptualising his new book, Blind Obedience and Denial, which examines every defendant at the Nuremberg trials,… Read More »Law, Morality, and Pure Evil: The Nuremberg Defendants
Brian E. Walter explores the collective effort in which each of the major Allied nations played a critical role in attaining the ultimate victory against Nazi Germany in World War II, and how without these combined efforts, the Axis powers may have had the focus and strength to defeat the Soviet Army on the ground.
To mark the publication of Torpedoes, Tea and Medals this month, we asked author, Captain Chris O’Flaherty, about the writing process and his research into the fascinating life of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** RNVR – a previously little-known wartime naval hero who went from being a 16 year-old tea-trade trainee to one of only 44… Read More »Researching the life of a naval hero: Captain Chris O’Flaherty reflects on the journey of writing his new book.
To mark the publication of Torpedoes, Tea and Medals this month, we asked author, Captain Chris O’Flaherty about his passion for boats, where the idea for the book came from, and what initially appealed to him about capturing the story of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** RNVR. Read on for the first installment of Chris’s journey in discovering this little-known naval hero – a tea-trade trainee whose bravery and skill saw him become one of only 44 officers in the Second World War to receive a DSC with two Bars.
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