‘Traitor King’ by Andrew Lownie review
From gay orgies to Nazi sympathies, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie picks up the story post-Abdication.
Nigel Jones
Blow-by-Blow
The scorchingly honest assessments of the great and not-so-good that flowed from ‘Chips’ Channon’s poison pen.
A Strange Pantheon
The interface between politics and war, rather than military strategy and tactics.
Devil’s Brew
Two new biographies advance our understanding of the Ultima Thule in evil.
‘A German Officer in Occupied Paris’ by Ernst Jünger review
A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals 1941-1945 by Ernst Jünger collects The Storm of Steel author’s wartime diaries.
‘Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to “Good-Bye To All That”’ review
The life and work of the war poet and author is revealed in all its rich complexity.
Ulysses S. Grant: Great Soldier but Poor President?
A vast biography of General Grant questions received opinions, while a new edition of his memoirs confirms their historic status.
Churchill and Hitler: At Arms, At Easels
Churchill and Hitler painted scenes of the Western Front while in remarkably close proximity to one another.
The Assassination of Walther Rathenau
The redemption sought by the assassin of Weimar Germany’s foreign minister.
Referendums: A Device for Despots?
Nigel Jones traces the chequered history of European referendums and asks why they appeal as much to dictators as to democrats.