An ironic moment, perhaps, for a major new biography of the man who first uttered, 'The lamps are going out all over Europe' (August, 1914)... Grey remains the longest-ever serving Foreign S... read more
The author lived alongside Elizabeth and Margaret at Windsor during the war, between the ages of 16 and 22, the span of these diaries. She remained a confidante until her death in 2001.
Lodge was hugely significant in US politics, from his influence with Eisenhower and as ambassador to Vietnam, right up to the 1970s. He did more than anyone else to transform the Republicans... read more
A vibrant blend of social history and memoir: argues that this three-month period of nation-wide, wintry shutdown gave rise to unprecedented cultural renewal. Fingers crossed for 2021 and 2... read more
A new assessment of Alan Brooke, first Viscount Alanbrooke, which examines his treatment at the hands of historians as well as his importance to Churchill.
A travelogue through the so-called 'red wall' seats of Northern England. Brexit and Corbyn are here of course, but Payne's dogged reportage reveals a sense that something more fundamental ha... read more
Explores the tension between opposing views of the 1960s - as a period of joyful, necessary liberation and experiment or a time when authority was undermined and gave way to a pernicious, pe... read more
This intriguing analysis shows how the British secret services grew from the real threat of Queen Victoria's assassination, and intensified during the Abdication crisis.