Giles Milton

GILES MILTON is the million-copy, internationally bestselling author of thirteen works of narrative history. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages.

Milton’s most recent book (2024) is The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War. A BBC Radio 4 “Book of the Week”, it is published by John Murray (UK) and Henry Holt (USA) One of Milton’s previous works, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, is currently being developed into a major screen project.

Milton is the writer and narrator of the acclaimed narrative podcast series, Ministry of Secrets, produced by Sony and available on all platforms. He lives in London and Burgundy.

Today

    • Helen Fry in Conversation with Giles Milton on The Stalin Affair

    Virtual Event

    on The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War In summer 1941, Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union shattered Stalin’s alliance with Germany, raising fears of Soviet defeat or a renewed pact with Hitler—disasters for Britain and the U.S. Railroad magnate W. Averell Harriman, one of America’s wealthiest men, stepped in at Roosevelt’s […]

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    • Helen Fry in Conversation with Giles Milton on his book “Checkmate in Berlin”

    Virtual Event

    The untold story of the race to seize Berlin after World War II reveals how the Allies’ fragile unity collapsed into fierce rivalry. Although the 1945 Yalta Conference divided Berlin among the U.S., Britain, France, and the Soviet Union on paper, the city quickly became a battleground of clashing ideologies, ambitions, and flawed leaders. Milton […]

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