World War I and the Russian Revolution together shaped the twentieth century in profound ways. In The End of Tsarist Russia, Dominic Lieven connects for the first time the two events, providing both a … [Read more...] about The End of Tsarist Russia by Dominic Lieven
European History
The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth … [Read more...] about The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work … [Read more...] about The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Second World War by Antony Beevor
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the … [Read more...] about The Second World War by Antony Beevor
Chernobyl – History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
On the morning of 26 April 1986 Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Soviet Ukraine. The outburst put the world on … [Read more...] about Chernobyl – History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
Defending the Motherland by Lyuba Vinogradova
What made the 586th Fighter Regiment, the 587th Heavy-bomber Regiment and the 588th Regiment of light night-bombers unique was their gender. The Soviet Union created the first all-female active … [Read more...] about Defending the Motherland by Lyuba Vinogradova
Granite Island by Dorothy Carrington
Granite Island is much more than a travel book. It grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital … [Read more...] about Granite Island by Dorothy Carrington
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
In The Annals of Imperial Rome, his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the period from AD 14, just before the death of Augustus, to the death of Nero in AD 68. Not all the … [Read more...] about The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
Black Wind, White Snow
Charles Clover, award-winning journalist and former Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times, here analyses the idea of "Eurasianism," a theory of Russian national identity based on ethnicity and … [Read more...] about Black Wind, White Snow
Diary of a Man in Despair
Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen, a Prussian aristocrat, began a secret diary in May 1936, which describes how a psychosis enveloped an entire society, enabling Hitler's rise to power, and the Nazi … [Read more...] about Diary of a Man in Despair