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                 My latest book, Wolfram: The Boy Who Went To War is now published in   
                 paperback. It tells the extraordinary Third Reich story of my German 
                 father-in-law.

                      Website designed, built and maintained by Giles Milton.


I write history books with a difference.

I'm interested in stories of people who have survived - and often thrived - in the most extraordinary circumstances. 

  
I tell these stories, wherever possible, through original sources: hand-written letters, unpublished diaries, old manuscripts.

It takes several years to research and unearth such sources: just occasionally, the most illuminating stories are to be found within. 

'Lovinge father and mother,' begins an account written by a desperate British slave in Morocco. 'I am in most miserable captivitye.' 

It was part of a cache of unknown letters I unearthed while researching my book, White Gold. 

Many such documents have come from you - the readers of my books. A neglected diary; a forgotten box of letters, an eyewitness memoir of a massacre. These are the sort of records upon which my historical narratives are based.

I'm very grateful to all who have contacted me - and continue to contact me - with amazing tales of your forebears.




   


      
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The writing of a book is only half the story: the other half is the response from you. Each of my books has produced a large mailbag from people who have something to add. 

Sometimes, they have tantalizing additional information: a letter, a family journal - something that gives extra flesh to the narrative.              

It's inevitable that these nuggets come after the book has been published. But they are not lost. Click on the individual titles and you'll be able to dip into the mailbag I've received. 

And don't miss my blog - I post a new and quirky historical story each Tuesday. This week's blog is entitled Hijacking the Olympics: The Munich Games of 1972. 
                                          
Please browse my site to find out more about this and my other books. And please do contact me if you have an interesting story to tell.

Giles.

Please note that all information about my metalwork can be found at my new website: www.gilesmilton.co.uk