Simon Parkin

A FINALIST FOR THE 2025 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING An astonishing story brilliantly told . . . It is as moving as it is gripping to read' Jonathan Dimbleby, author of Endgame 1944 A richly researched and meticulously observed account of a little-explored corner of 20th-century history Guardian A fantastically well-researched history of science and sacrifice saturated in drama...

It's 1941. Imagine you're Winston Churchill. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Supply ships ferrying vital weapons, food, and fuel from North America are being torpedoed by the German U-boats. You are concealing from the country the number of ships sunk. You are concealing the number of men killed. Without the supply ships, Britain will starve. The tide...

WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE 'Vivid and moving' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Excellent . . . a powerful tribute' Guardian In the summer of 1940, faced with national paranoia, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the internment of all German, Austrian and Italian citizens living in Britain. Most were refugees who had fled Nazi oppression. They now faced imprisonment by the...