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Britain’s Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt
by Richard Gott

John MacKenzie is not convinced by a survey of the British empire’s crimes

The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day
by Nick Lloyd

Jad Adams considers the complex origins of Britain’s worst atrocity in India

Arnhem: The Battle for Survival
by John Nichol and Tony Rennell

David Stafford is impressed with an account of Operation Market Garden, a bold attempt to outflank the Germans in 1944

The Battle of Marathon
by Peter Krentz

Michael Scott on a thoughtful analysis of a pivotal classical battle

Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II
by Juan Pujol Garcia and Nigel West

Michael S Goodman reads a memoir of an exceptional spy

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
by James Barr

Ben Fortna commends a readable history of Anglo-French rivalry in the Middle East that had lasting consequences

The Women of the Cousins’ War
by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, and Michael Jones

Desmond Seward on a joint biography of three Philippa Gregory heroines

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of  Half-forgotten Europe
by Norman Davies

Tim Blanning takes a historical journey through the countries of Europe that weren’t built to last

Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
by Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes’s magnificent history of British soldiering is a fitting conclusion to a remarkable career, says Gary Sheffield

Perilous Glory: The Rise of Western Military Power
by John France

Jeremy Black reads a thought-provoking history of warfare that benefits from the author’s medieval background