Tom Baldwin, Daisy Dunn and Robert Hardman on The Telegraph's 75 hottest books of 2024
We are pleased to see Tom Baldwin's Keir Starmer (William Collins, 2024), Daisy Dunn's The Missing Thread (W&N, 2024) and Robert Hardman's Charles III (Macmillan, 2024) all on The Telegraph's list of the best, hottest books of 2024 so far!
Of Keir Starmer, they state:
From his difficult bond with his father, Rodney, to his student days living above a brothel – he offered the ladies free legal advice – this official biography, based on “100 hours of interviews”, offers a thorough account of our new Prime Minister’s life so far.
Read the full review of Keir Starmer.
Of The Missing Thread, they state:
Never mind redeeming the odd historical woman. This sprawling book gives us a mainstream history of the ancient world – in its political, social and economic aspects – which pushes the Alexanders and Caesars to the sides. Dunn foregrounds, via lively pen-portraits, women both high- and low-born.
Read the full review of The Missing Thread.
And of Charles III, they state:
Forget the lies you see in televisual dross such as The Crown – this glorious book reveals our real King. Hardman’s magisterial biography, full of detail about the sovereign, his Queen and the self-exiled Sussexes alike, will become nothing less than a crucial historical document of the early 21st century.
