No Man’s Land
A British soldier, a young Frenchwoman, a forgotten underground fortress and a war where the only hope of survival lies in the most dangerous place … Read More
About Neil Hanson
Neil Hanson is the author of an acclaimed series of narrative histories including Unknown Soldiers: The Story of the Missing of the Great War; The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the Spanish Armada; The Custom of the Sea; The Dreadful Judgement: The True Story of the Great Fire of London; First Blitz: The Secret German Plan to Fire-bomb London in 1918; Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero; Priestley’s Wars: The War Writings of J.B.Priestley; and Escape from Germany: The Greatest PoW Break-out of the First World War.
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His books have been hailed by critics on four continents as "brilliant", "stunning", "haunting", "exceptional", "fantastic", "magnificent", "superlative", "unforgettable", "a triumph" and "a masterpiece", and led one critic to compare him to "Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and a dozen other immortals".
He has lectured on his work all over the world, is an award winning after-dinner speaker and has made regular appearances on television and radio in Britain, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund in 2007 and a Consultant Fellow in 2014.
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Praise for Neil Hanson
Unforgettable.’ New York Times
‘Gripping, brilliant.’ Sunday Times
‘Marvellous.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Superb.’ Independent on Sunday
‘A triumph, a masterpiece.’ Glasgow Herald
‘Superb, a swashbuckling, effortless narrative.’ Ireland on Sunday
The Ticket Collector from Belarus
The UK's only war crimes trial
The UK’s only war crimes trial took place in 1999 and had its origins in the horrors of the Holocaust, but only now in The … Read More
The Unknown Soldier
The story of the missing of the great war
Of all the million British dead of the First World War, only one – The Unknown Soldier – was ever returned to his native land. … Read More
The Confident Hope of a Miracle
The true story of the Spanish armada
‘Continual, destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague between decks, hell in the forecastle and the devil at the helm.’ It is … Read More
Inn At The Top
A lifelong love affair with the Dales.
One bright Spring morning a young couple arrived as the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub, in the most remote, bleak … Read More
Pigs Might Fly
More Dales Tales from the Author of The Inn at the Top
“The James Herriot of pubs”, author of the best-selling The Inn at the Top, is back with more tales of the highest and loneliest inn … Read More
The Dreadful Judgement
The true story of the great fire of London
A fire needs only three things: a spark to ignite it and fuel and oxygen to feed it. Since the autumn of 1665, a ten … Read More
The Custom of The Sea
A shocking true tale of shipwreck, murder and the last taboo
On 5 July 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from Southampton bound for Sydney. Halfway through their voyage, Captain Tom Dudley and his crew of … Read More
Escape From Germany
The greatest POW break-out of the First World War
July, 1918. Holzminden was the most heavily guarded and escape-proof POW camp in the world. Surrounded by steel palisades and barbed wire fences, and patrolled … Read More
First Blitz
The Secret German Plan to Firebomb London in 1918
First Blitz tells an extraordinary story, and one which I knew nothing about until I began to research it. I had, of course, heard of … Read More
Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became A War Hero
A true story
The true story of one of the most notorious and enigmatic figures of the gangster era, whose 2000-strong “army” of thugs, thieves and prostitutes, in … Read More
Priestley’s Wars
The scripts that provoked Churchill’s ire are also published here for the first time
Priestley’s Wars traces the personal odyssey of one of our greatest and best-loved literary figures. JB Priestley, a man whose life virtually spanned the 20th … Read More
The Sweethearts
Tales of Love, Laughter and Hardship from the Yorkshire Rowntree's Girls
Some places announce themselves by a distinctive smell in the air, long before the town or city itself is reached: the hoppy aroma of brewing … Read More
Goldfinder
The greatest rags to riches story ever told
“The man who has done it all… Outstanding, inspiring and beautifully told, no true tale of the sea makes better reading” Clive Cussler Goldfinder – … Read More
Wish You Were Here!
The Lives, Loves, Hardships and Friendships of the Butlin's Girls
Post-war Britain was a grey, drab place where work was hard and poorly paid, slums, smogs, smoke-blackened buildings and bomb-sites still scarred the landscape and … Read More