Blog Posts
Ten Favourite Authors of Second World War Fiction
- Books World War Two
- March 2, 2026
- 5 mins
A personal reading list of ten favourite novelists writing before, during, and after the Second World War.
Collaboration in the Second World War
- History World War Two
- February 7, 2026
- 4 mins
How occupied nations balanced survival, ideology, and betrayal--and how post-war reckoning reshaped Europe's memory of collaboration.
Two Families at War
- History World War Two
- January 9, 2026
- 3 mins
The story behind my Blitz crime novel, from German Jewish refugees to a North London crime family, and the research that shaped the book.
Cliveden and the Seeds of Appeasement
- History World War Two
- November 27, 2025
- 7 mins
How a grand Thames-side country house helped shape Britain’s policy of appeasement in the 1930s — and how those events echo through my fiction.