Michael Jones was awarded a history PhD by Bristol University and subsequently taught at Glasgow University and Winchester College. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the British Commission for Military History, and works now as a writer, media consultant and presenter. Among his historical titles he has written books on the battles of Agincourt, Stalingrad and Leningrad. He was TV consultant for Channel 4’s Richard III: Fact or Fiction and National Geographic’s Mystery Files: The Princes in the Tower, and co-author, with Philippa Gregory and David Baldwin, of The Women of the Cousins’ War.
Praise for Bosworth 1485
‘Insightful and rich study of the battle of Bosworth . . .
no longer need Richard play the villain’
Times Literary Supplement
‘An entirely new analysis of Bosworth . . . a lively read’
BBC History Magazine
‘Splendid . . . a very exciting reinterpretation of the battle
which totally transforms our understanding of what
actually happened on that fateful day’
Professor A. J. Pollard
‘Jones’s historical chapters are measured, reasonable and
elegantly written’ Sunday Times
‘This is the year that Richard III rose up from his unmarked
grave in a Leicester car park, and this is the book that describes
the painstaking quest for the king’s body, and the battle that
destroyed him’ Philippa Gregory
‘Reads like an up-all-night thriller’ Mail on Sunday
‘A compelling portrayal of one of this century’s most
important archaeological discoveries’ BBC History Magazine
‘Jones’s cogent and nuanced narrative provides the historical
ballast to Langley’s search’ Guardian
‘Makes for compelling reading’ Times Literary Supplement
Praise for The Retreat
‘Jones deserves full credit for the remarkable personal
testimonies he has amassed’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times
‘A gripping account of the opening stages of Hitler’s war of
extermination against the Russians. Michael Jones shows how
the Wehrmacht nearly captured Moscow, which would have
won the Second World War for the Nazis, and why they were
eventually flung back at the cost of over 900,000 casualties. In
many ways this was even more of a fulcrum moment of the
war than the battle of Stalingrad, and Jones tells the story of
the struggle with verve and scholarship’ Andrew Roberts
‘A mass of first-person material that has been cleverly
assembled to paint a striking picture’
BBC History Magazine
Praise for Leningrad
‘Jones’s book is set apart from other histories by his careful and
judicious use of witness accounts’ Sunday Business Post
‘A tribute to the resilience of the human spirit’ Herald
‘Where the book stands out is in the portrait of ordinary life in
extraordinary circumstances . . . Fluently written . . . the
uniquely terrible experience of suffering, especially of 1941–2,
is effectively described’ BBC History Magazine
Praise for Stalingrad
‘A milestone in the treatment of the battle . . . highly effective
and utterly captivating. Previous accounts have been unable to
fully convey the desperate ferocity of the battle. Now we see it
in all its horror – and better understand the courage of
Stalingrad’s defenders. This is the finest history of its type
published to date’ David Glantz