Praise for Frederick Taylor and his previous books: Coventry: "Frederick Taylor's impressive book is easily the most authoritative study available of the devastation of Coventry 75 years ago.[A] gripping account of the background to the raid and the destruction of the city." - Sir Ian Kershaw The Downfall of Money: "[Taylor] skillfully weav[es] together economic history with political narrative and draw[s] on sources from everyday life as well as the inner cabinet of diplomacy.[A] dramatic story, well told." - Adam Tooze, Wall Street Journal Exorcising Hitler: "Taylor is a great storyteller.[This] is popular history at its best, essential reading for anyone who is interested in the Nazis and wants to know what happened next." - Richard J. Evans, New Statesman The Berlin Wall: "[An] excellent history.

[A] story with odd twists and hidden secrets, many only recently revealed, some that have been forgotten and are worth repeating." - Anne Appelbaum, Washington Post Dresden: "[A] gripping, impassioned history of the cold war's most malevolent symbol." - William Grimes, New York Times.