Nigel Jones
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A thorough and dispassionate history of a conflict which has a grim topicality for our times. Published May 21 2012
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Nigel Jones traces the chequered history of European referendums and asks why they appeal as much to dictators as to democrats. Published April 19 2012
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Nigel Jones considers a new book on the mère et père of all Gallic scandals, the Dreyfus affair. Published April 11 2012
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After this month's terrible terrorist attack, Nigel Jones reflects on a part of France in which the beauty of the landscape is inversely proportional to the mass violence it has witnessed throughout history. Published March 26 2012
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Intelligence is the hidden hand of history, as three new books demonstrate. Published February 12 2012
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What was behind Colonel Thomas Blood’s failed attempt to steal the Crown Jewels during the cash-strapped reign of Charles II and how did he survive such a treasonable act? Nigel Jones questions the motives of a notorious 17th-century schemer. Published September 21 2011
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Nigel Jones reviews a fascinating if flawed account of Hitler's years in the German army between 1914 and 1920. Published July 12 2011
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Nigel Jones reviews a book on the lives of ordinary Berliners during the Second World War. Published March 22 2011
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The innocence of France’s Captain Dreyfus – a Jewish officer incarcerated on Devil’s Island after he was accused of spying for Germany – has long been established. But was there a real traitor? And what part did Oscar Wilde play in the murky affair? Nigel Jones investigates. Published January 19 2011
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Nigel Jones celebrates a great humanitarian who navigated the perilous paths between good and evil, a mission that was to cost him his life. Published August 24 2010
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Nigel Jones reviews a book on the Second World War by Michael Burleigh. Published July 27 2010
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Nigel Jones reviews a title by Roland Vernon. Published July 1 2010
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Nigel Jones reviews a first-rate account of the rivalry between Stalin and Trotsky
Published July 15 2009
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As Europe polarised between Right and Left in the 1930s, many artists and authors nailed their reputations to either extreme. Others, says Nigel Jones, took refuge in the ‘inner emigration’ of silence. Even in stable Britain, writers felt compelled to take a stand – often in the service of the secret state.
Published March 16 2009
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Nigel Jones reviews a fitting tribute to the British Tommy in this oral history of the last year of the First World War.
Published August 12 2008
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