Books by Nick Lloyd
The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War
by Nick Lloyd
The Eastern Front is the second book in British military historian Nick Lloyd's trilogy about the First World War (the first book was about the Western Front). The book is around 500 pages long but it's highly readable. In it, Lloyd looks at the 'greater' Eastern front: from Riga in the Baltic down to Thessaloniki in the Aegean. This is a less well-known story to English readers than the battlefields of France and Belgium, and the focus on the war from the point of view of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires makes for very interesting reading. Russia lost more than 2.3 million soldiers in the war; the Austro-Hungarians over 1.1 million, only to collapse in 1918—with, as Lloyd writes in the preface, "the disintegration of both empires creating a human catastrophe of almost unimaginable proportions."
Note: if you're interested in reading about the Eastern Front in English, see also books by Alexander Watson, such as The Fortress.
The Western Front: A History of the First World War
by Nick Lloyd
The Western Front by bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd is the first volume of an epic trilogy covering World War I. It casts a terrible conflict often portrayed as futile in a new light and tries to bring it alive from both sides. Volumes about the Eastern Front and Africa and the Middle East are set to follow.
Interviews where books by Nick Lloyd were recommended
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The Death of Stalin
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
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Augustus The Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco
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Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East
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The Shortest History of Austria
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The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism
by Yanni Kotsonis
New History Books
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.
