Max Hastings

Potsdam Station by David Downing My rating: 5 of 5 stars All David Downing’s books have been excellent. Potsdam Station, book four (of six) in the Station series, continues that trend - and then some. There did seem to be a bit of a leap between Stettin Station and Potsdam, some four years, in the story-timeline. It … Continue reading Review: Potsdam Station →

Review: The Norman Conquest

Posted on 14/08/2013 by Speesh in 1066 & The Norman Conquest, Britain/England, Non Fiction

The best book since 1066.

Review: The Second World War – Antony Beevor

Posted on 20/10/201216/02/2020 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's The Second World War never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.

Review: The Polish Officer – Alan Furst

Posted on 09/04/201207/04/2019 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Second World War

From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance

Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings

Posted on 26/03/201205/04/2019 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

My version: Hardback Genre: Non Fiction History, World War II Publisher: Harper Press (Harper Collins) First published: 2011 Pages: 748 ISBN: 978-0-00-733809-2 Bought From the cover: This is a study of the greatest and most terrible event in history, which shows its impact upon hundreds of millions of people around the world - soldiers, sailors and … Continue reading Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings →