A riveting minute-by-minute chronicle of the February 1945 conference that shaped the outcome of one war - and gave birth to another.
Diana Preston is an acclaimed historian and author of the definitive Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy, Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology), The Boxer Rebellion, and The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842, among other works of narrative history. She and her husband, Michael, live in London.
Diana Preston's lively and nuanced account, place[s] the
protagonists much more in their moment, as the war was still raging
and they were making decisions based on the information to hand . .
. shrewd . . . vivid scene-setting -- Victor Sebestyen * Sunday
Times *
"Yalta", like "Munich", has become a synonym for the cynical
betrayal of the weak by the strong. It is an oft-told,
well-documented and controversial story. Diana Preston retells it
fluently, perceptively and with meticulous scholarship. Her
judgements are admirably sensible. -- Rodric Braithwaite *
Spectator *
Diana Preston brings dry diplomacy to life. Sound in historical
judgement and strong on personalities and emotions, she gives the
reader a special pass to watch the world-changing events in the
Livadia Palace from all the closest angles. -- Norman Davies,
author of Europe: A History
Diana Preston chronicles those eight momentous days brilliantly. *
Choice Magazine *
Impressively researched . . . expert account * Kirkus Reviews *
A colorful chronicle of high-stakes negotiations and a study in
human frailties, missteps and ideological blinders. -- Matthew
Dallek * Washington Post *
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