Books by Katja Hoyer

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. She is a visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is co-host of The New Germany podcast.

“Afterwards, if you want to move into the 19th century and Germany’s Second Reich, Katja Hoyer’s Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire, was published in the US in December”

Notable Nonfiction of Early 2022, recommended by Sophie Roell

Interviews where books by Katja Hoyer were recommended

New History Books

It’s a golden age for historical writing, as well-researched and sometimes quite specialist books by historians are written in an engaging style for a broad audience. On our new history books list, we keep track of some of the books coming out by Five Books interviewees and frequently recommended authors. We’re also scanning catalogues and highlighting interesting new history books being published that come to our attention.

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