All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945
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From one of our finest historians, a magisterial account of the most terrible event in history – World War II.
Biography and non-fiction prose
Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable
The extraordinary story of the eccentric family of Britain’s most outstanding military historian, Max Hastings.
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940–45
‘I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill’s time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a result’ James Holland, Literary Review
Country Fair: Tales of the Countryside, Shooting and Fishing
A new collection of rural writings celebrating the pleasures of the country life – in particular fishing and shooting – by the eminent military historian and former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Max Hastings.
Warriors: Extraordinary Tales from the Battlefield
An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen ‘warriors’ from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings.
Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable
Max Hastings’s account of his family’s tumultuous 20th century experiences embraces the worlds of fashion and newspapers, theatre and TV, pioneering in Africa and even – his father’s most exotic 1960 stunt – being cast away on a desert island in the Indian Ocean.
Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable
Max Hastings’s account of his family’s tumultuous 20th century experiences embraces the worlds of fashion and newspapers, theatre and TV, pioneering in Africa and even – his father’s most exotic 1960 stunt – being cast away on a desert island in the Indian Ocean.
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45: Text Only edition
A companion volume to his bestselling ‘Armageddon’, Max Hastings’ account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940–45
‘I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill’s time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a result’ James Holland, Literary Review