Military history

Tunisgrad: Victory in Africa

A Waterstones and BBC History Magazine Best Book of the Year

The Aspects of History Book of the Year 2025

‘Terrific – full of drama … it has profoundly altered my understanding of the Second World War’ PATRICK BISHOP

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SBS COMES AN EPIC HISTORY OF THE ALLIED VICTORY IN NORTH AFRICA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Trauma Bonds

A fascinating journalistic exploration into the impact of intergenerational trauma on the descendants of both survivors and perpetrators

The Scramble for America: How the United States Conquered a Continent

The gripping story of six borders – some still on the map, others long erased – that shaped the United States. From global power plays to broken treaties and lost futures, this is the untold history of how America’s lines were drawn – and who paid the price.

Life Is Rosi: Grandma, Me and Our Diaries at 23

‘This is a unique juxtaposition of the shatteringly honest diaries of two Jewish girls fighting to survive — Grandma Rosi in the Holocaust and two generations later Jess in today’s grubby showbiz world. It appalled, uplifted and delighted me. I wish I’d written it.’ MIRIAM MARGOLYES

‘Deeply moving… fascinating’ The Mail on Sunday

Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War Two

WINSTON CHURCHILL called it ‘the worst journey in the world’. But was even this telling quote, describing the nightmarish torment experienced while transporting military aid to northern Russia during World War Two, an understatement?

Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War

A Times Book of the Year

‘A superb work of history’ JAMES HOLLAND

‘A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history’ DAN SNOW

A landmark history of the U-Boat war told through the experiences and recollections of the U-Boat crews themselves.

The Boy from Baghdad: My Journey from Waziriyah to Westminster

‘Very few people in parliament can match Nadhim’s childhood experience, his understanding of international affairs, his skills as a businessman and his passion for politics’ Rory Stewart

‘From Baghdad to number 11 Downing Street: in any other country it would be fiction. You have to read it to believe it’ Jeffrey Archer

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