Robert Verkaik

2 months ago | pegasusbooks.com | Robert Verkaik

The Untold Story of WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment that Changed History Forever Robert Verkaik Revealing the hidden role of the Cambridge Spies during this Allied defeat, The Traitor of Arnhem relates for the first time the startling betrayal that changed the course of World War II. The end of World War II is in sight. Following the overwhelming victory on D-Day, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin all seek to shape the future to their own ends by winning the race to Berlin.

Nov 23, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Robert Verkaik |Amy Tan |Steve Martin |Harry Bliss

A disturbing reevaluation of an iconic World War II battle, not definitely proven but well argued. Unnerving findings about one of the great failed Allied operations of WWII. On Sept. 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden landed a massive Allied force by parachute and glider behind German lines in Holland, and a British division launched an offensive from Belgium to link up. Success would entail outflanking German defenses, crossing the Rhine, and ending the war in 1944.

Jul 31, 2024 | thetimes.com | James Morton |Robert Verkaik |Frances Gibb |Catherine Baksi

From a clutch of novels featuring a barrister on a hopeless case, the murder of a TV presenter live on-air and a historical detective story featuring a fictional mouse to a judge’s view of the workings of the Old Bailey, the fight for justice for women and an account of how one SS officer pursued high-ranking Nazis for crimes committed in concentration camps — there’s plenty to entertain you in our selection of summer legal reads.

Jun 19, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Robert Verkaik

The Government looks set to miss a much-trumpeted target for removing failed asylum-seekers, despite a sharp fall in the numbers claiming refuge in Britain. Asylum applications have dropped by 21 per cent over the past year to just over 2,000 a month and have plummeted by three-quarters since their peak in 2002. But the fall was tarnished by the admission that only about 1,000 failed asylum-seekers were being deported a month, slightly below the figure a year ago.

Jun 16, 2024 | msn.com | Robert Verkaik

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