Book Reviews

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Understanding Nazi Ideology, Carl Müller Frøland

In Understanding Nazi Ideology, Carl Müller Frøland sets out to do just that: to get to the bottom of an ideology that is often considered confused, chaotic, and contradictory.

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River Kings, Cat Jarman

Cat Jarman’s River Kings takes a refreshing new look at the Viking Age, focusing on the important, but often overlooked, Scandinavian expansion eastwards.

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The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945, Frank McDonough

The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945 is the eagerly awaited second volume in Frank McDonough’s new and extensive history of the Third Reich. Immediately following on from The Hitler Years: Triumph, this new volume charts the final peak of Nazi Germany’s successes in 1940 and early 1941 – the diplomatic gains, the huge military advances across the continent and the numerous crushing defeats of the Allies, all of which increased the government’s popularity at home – before documenting its catastrophic fall into chaos and absolute military and political defeat in 1945.

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A Short History of the World According to Sheep, Sally Coulthard

What’s truly joyful about 'A Short History of the World According to Sheep' is how Coulthard has woven together so many different disciplines – history, literature, archaeology, etymology, genetics, current affairs and politics, earth sciences and astrophysics – into such a witty and entertaining narrative, so that the reader comes away not just more knowledgeable about sheep, but about the world in general.

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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors, Adrian Goldsworthy

In the space of just forty years, the small and troubled kingdom of Macedonia went from an inconsequential backwater on the northern edge of Greece to a superpower that had challenged, and beaten, the greatest empires of the known world.

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The World Aflame, Dan Jones and Marina Amaral

The World Aflame is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to .

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The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939, Frank McDonough

The first volume of 'The Hitler Years' is not just another popular history of the Third Reich: it is a masterclass in the history of Nazi Germany, with an internationally renowned expert as the teacher. As such, it is essential reading for any student of the subject.

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Crusaders, Dan Jones

Dan Jones's 'Crusaders' is an exceptionally well-written – and relevant – rip-roaring tour through the Crusades and a wonderfully colourful introduction to the people who lived through them, fought in them, ran away from them, and made them happen.

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Dominion, Tom Holland

Tom Holland's 'Dominion' is not just a thumping good read, nor is it even just a history book: it is also a work of philosophy that challenges the reader to see the history of the West in a different, and sometimes uncomfortable, way.

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Fayke Newes: The Media vs the Mighty from Henry VIII to Donald Trump, Derek J. Taylor

'Fayke Newes' is not a history book, but it is one man’s informed perspective on the state of journalism today, and how it got to that point. It is a call for intelligent discussion, and it is a call for reform. It is a political polemic on the importance of a free press.