Antony Beevor

On 1 June, The Second World War by British military historian and bestselling author Antony Beevor will be published worldwide. It is a comprehensive standard work that describes the major strategic developments and never loses sight of the fate of ordinary soldiers and civilians. On the occasion of the Dutch translation, Antony Beevor is a guest at BorderKitchen.

With the narrative power familiar from Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Beevor brings together all aspects of the war in a renewed way in The Second World War. Based on the latest scholarly insights, he tells the story clearly and with engagement, covering territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, from the snow-covered steppes to the North African desert, from the Burmese jungle to the SS Einsatzgruppen in Eastern Europe, from the Gulag battalions to the atrocities of the Sino-Japanese war.

Antony Beevor studied at Winchester College and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he was taught by Sir John Keegan. His books, published in thirty languages, have sold more than five million copies worldwide. His work has received numerous awards, including the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson History Prize and the Spanish La Vanguardia Prize for non-fiction.

Antony Beevor will be interviewed at BorderKitchen by Bas Kromhout, editor of Historisch Nieuwsblad and author of Fout geboren and the forthcoming De Voorman. Henk Feldmeijer en de Nederlandse SS.

Location: Weimarstraat 36, The Hague
Start time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: €5
Reservations: 070-3462355 (Mon to Fri) or info@borderkitchen.nl

The Second World War is translated by Albert Witteveen, Pieter de Smit, Corrie van den Berg and Carola Kloos.