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Rave Reviews for Abyss
‘Grabs from the get-go … the moments in which the world teetered on the brink of total annihilation … come alive as they would if this were the very best fiction … Hastings is a writer in the permanent prime of his time … ABYSS is up there with… Read More
Waterstones Best Paperbacks of 2022
We are thrilled Operation Pedestal has been selected as a Waterstones Best Paperback of the Year. You can read more about the book and get your copy here. Read More
The Kremlin always falls prey to pride and paranoia
During the 1962 Missile Crisis, on the evening of 23 October a curious episode took place in Moscow. A few hours after President Kennedy announced the discovery of nuclear weapons in Cuba, the Soviet leader or vozhd Nikita Khrushchev determined to show the world that he was unafraid. He… Read More
RAVE REVIEWS FOR SOLDIERS
‘These accounts show the reality of military life ... A pointillist portrait of enthralling sensitivity ... stories tumble from the pages of this book like gems from a pirate’s chest ... The anecdotes about female soldiers in this book are fascinating’Gerard DeGroot, The Times Read More
CHERISHING THE WARRIOR SPIRIT CAN SEEM LIKE A LOSING BATTLE
First published in The Times on Saturday, 13 November 2021.Tomorrow the Queen will forsake her enforced rest to attend the annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph [this was published before her last-minute withdrawal]. It is an occasion that she views with a special sense of duty, because of her… Read More
UPCOMING EVENTS
Max will be talking about Operation Pedestal at the following venues: Read More
RAVE REVIEWS FOR OPERATION PEDESTAL
‘Outstanding … this book like all his others … is a cracker. With his usual combination of sensitivity to human suffering and superb dramatic instinct, Hastings has given us a gripping tale … The immediacy of this book obliterates the cold detachment that time’s passage usually allows …We feel in… Read More