The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive asks a thorny question: Is a son’s love sufficient to redeem a monstrous father?
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin never met, but between 1939 and 1945 they had a strong relationship, and Laurence Rees brings this six-year period vividly alive.
In 1939, Hans Lichtenstein’s mother put him on a train from Berlin to England. In 2015, he and his son Jonathan returned to Berlin in search of peace.
In his enlightening Ruin and Renewal, Paul Betts shows how efforts to “civilize” the devastated postwar regions of Europe influenced much of our world today.
In The Light Ages, Seb Falk uses the story of John Westwyk, a 14th-century monk, to explore the scientific explosion that occurred well before the Renaissance.
Historian Monica Black explores the connection between Germany’s postwar trauma and an upsurge in superstitious hysteria in A Demon-Haunted Land.
In Paper Bullets, Jeffrey H. Jackson unearths the fascinating story of two women and artists who resisted in the face of the Nazi regime.
While Martin Puchner’s interest in linguistics remains in focus, he writes clearly and thoughtfully, using history to examine past, present and future.
Royal Witches explores a period In 15th-century England when four royal woman were arrested on accusations of treasonous witchcraft.
Eileen Alexander responded to the onset of World War II with humor and intellect, both of which shine through in this collection of letters to her paramour.
Master of popular history Erik Larson tells the engrossing story of Churchill’s first year as prime minister in The Splendid and the Vile.
How Neville Chamberlain dealt with external and internal threats is the subject of Adrian Phillips’ fascinating history, Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler.
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