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Acclaim for Beslan: The Tragedy of School No. 1 Fine and subtle . . . The book, based on extensive interviews, rouses pity and horror. --Financial Times Timothy Phillips . . . has done a heroic and . . . impossible job: He has reconstructed from the testimony of many hundreds of witnesses the hellish events of that September. . . . His work is a fit memorial to the dead. --Literary Review Acclaim for The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians, and the Jazz Age A welcome and fascinating study of a pivotal yet under-explored aspect of history. Using previously unseen files, Phillips illuminates the growing role of espionage as suspicions grew about the threat from the new Soviet state--all set against the glamour of 1920s London. It is an intoxicating combination. --Martin Pearce, author of Spymaster

A Guardian best history and politics book of 2022 Remarkable. . . . By turns painful and poignant, Retracing the Iron Curtain is much more than a simple travelogue or history: it is a love letter to human kindness and a plea for decency in the face of indecent, inhumane government oppression. A fascinating, nuanced travel narrative about the history and legacy of Europe's most infamous border. --Foreword A poignant journey through the towns, streets and even cemeteries once divided by the Cold War. --The Times As borders reappear all over Europe, and as war once again begins to smudge the continent's atlas, Timothy Phillips's book arrives just when it is needed. This is an account not only of how the Cold War frontiers were drawn, guarded, or penetrated by brave escapers, but--more importantly--of how often they were rendered discreetly porous by all kinds of compromise. He travels equipped with a mass of fascinating prior research, but also with a gift for instant befriending, which brings stories and secrets from everyone he encounters. --Neal Ascherson, journalist and author of Black Sea A brilliant book, not only based on an inspired idea, but also written with a keen eye for human hopes, fears, and tragedies. --William Hague, MP, Leader of British Conservative Party Acclaim for Beslan: The Tragedy of School No. 1 Fine and subtle . . . The book, based on extensive interviews, rouses pity and horror. --Financial Times Timothy Phillips . . . has done a heroic and . . . impossible job: He has reconstructed from the testimony of many hundreds of witnesses the hellish events of that September. . . . His work is a fit memorial to the dead. --Literary Review Acclaim for The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians, and the Jazz Age A welcome and fascinating study of a pivotal yet under-explored aspect of history. Using previously unseen files, Phillips illuminates the growing role of espionage as suspicions grew about the threat from the new Soviet state--all set against the glamour of 1920s London. It is an intoxicating combination. --Martin Pearce, author of Spymaster

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Timothy Phillips holds a doctorate in Russian from Oxford University and has written and spoken widely on British and Russian history. He's a contributor at BBC News and the Irish Times and the author of Beslan: The Tragedy of School No. 1 as well as The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians, and the Jazz Age. He grew up in Northern Ireland and now lives in London.

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