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In a little over 225 pages, James Hawes distils some two millennia of history into one exhilarating sprint of a country’s genesis and future. Far more than a simple overview of Germanic progress, The Shortest History of Germany serves too as a virtual CV of Europe, from the shadow of Caesar’s Rome to the schisms of Brexit, offering a real wealth of understanding to what both binds and divides us. Witty, opinionated, almost roguishly confident, for anyone looking to understand what makes Europe’s most powerful economy tick, Hawes’s guide is the perfect portable companion.
Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote
On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power.
Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have worked?
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Churchill's Knight: Henry Hemming on M's Darkest Hour
Henry Hemming reveals a crucial clue to the mystery of 'M', Maxwell Knight, Britain's greatest spymaster.
Leanda de Lisle on the Myth of the White King
Leanda de Lisle discusses her page-turning new history of Charles I, White King, exploring pervasive ideas about identity, disability and gender.
Diane Atkinson's Recommended Revolutionary Reading
Continuing our celebration of the centenary of women's right to the vote, Diane Atkinson selects her choice of revolutionary reads.