Books by sam dalrymple
“Shattered Lands has the quality of some of the best history books: it makes you constantly ask yourself if what you are reading can possibly be true because it is so surprising and underdiscussed. It tells its story with compassionate, funny character portraits and vignettes that give an insight into a world that was, in many ways, unimaginably different from our own. It is the story of one of the 20th century’s most important, and yet least appreciated, events and brilliantly shows how contingent history can be.” Read more...
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
Interviews where books by sam dalrymple were recommended
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Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
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The Elements of Power
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Israel: What Went Wrong?
by Omer Bartov -
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Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
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The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
by Yi-Ling Liu -
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The Escape from Kabul
by Karen Bartlett
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, recommended by The judges of the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing
The Best Politics Books of 2026: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing, recommended by The judges of the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing
The books shortlisted for the 2026 Orwell Prizes, the UK’s most prestigious awards for writing about politics, have been announced. “As judges, we returned again and again to what George Orwell means to us: clarity of prose and unflinching intellectual bravery,” said Rohan Silva, chair of the judges for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, awarded annually for a nonfiction book. We’ve listed the brilliant books they chose below, from Cold War betrayals and the partition of India to the conflicts still going on in the world today.
