Part 2 – In his memoir Max Hastings recalls the ill-matched marriage of his parents, journalists ‘Mac’ Hastings and Anne Scott James.
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Audio Extract: Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war. Read More
Audio Extract: The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945
‘As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings’s achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject’ Sunday Times Read More
Always Take Notes Podcast
In this episode, Simon speaks to Max Hastings, the best-selling military historian and erstwhile foreign correspondent and newspaper editor. Read More