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Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks,...

It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't be more wrong. In 'Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers', Anne Somerset masterfully traces Victoria's political evolution, from headstrong teenager to seasoned octogenarian. This book demonstrates her passionat...

An unprecedented and intimate tour de force of original reporting on the Trump presidency. 'Rage' goes behind the scenes like never before, with new details about early national security decisions, operations and Trump's moves as he faces a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest.

An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, 'Red Memory' uncovers forty years of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through Mao's decade of madness.

'People embraced each other, shook hands, joy radiated from every eye, there was no limit to the celebrations.' There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848. Almost as if by magic, in city after city, from Palermo to Paris to Venice, huge crowd...

When Alexandra Harris returned to her childhood home of West Sussex, she realised that she barely knew the place at all. As she probed beneath the surface, excavating layers of archival records and everyday objects, bringing a lifetime's reading to bear on the place where she started, hundreds of...

Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? This superbly researched and lyrical journey begins by listening for their echo on the Roman road singled out by Oliver Rackham as one of the most 'eloquent' in the country, before travelling far beyond this singular lost way, acr...

'The Russo-Ukrainian War' is the comprehensive history of a conflict that has burned since 2014, and that, with Russia's attempt to seize Kyiv, exploded a geo-political order that had been cemented since the end of the Cold War. With an eye for the gripping detail on the ground, both in the halls...

Iraq, January 1991. The opening hours of The Gulf War. Bravo Two Zero: we all know the story thanks to Andy McNab. Deploying on foot, they were fatally compromised, five getting captured, three being killed and only one making a daring getaway. But there was Bravo Three Zero: they deployed with v...

Over the course of his career, seasoned war correspondent Benjamin Hall covered some of the deadliest armed conflicts of our time, including violence in Syria, Libya, and Somalia. But with a young family at home, Hall chose to trade life on the edge for a safer beat covering the US Department of ...