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The ballots have been cast, the votes counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book Awards. We curated a list of 2024’s best military history titles, and asked you, our readers, to vote for your favourite. Our selection included some of the best researched, most insightful, and most readable titles reviewed and featured in the magazine. The full list of winners is given below!
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MHM BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER – GOLD AWARD
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats
Warriors in Scarlet charts the history of the British Army in the first half of Queen Victoria’s reign – a period that saw troops in action across the globe, fighting wars in Africa, the Middle East, India, and China. With a gift for narrative and effective use of sources, Ian Knight locates his subject firmly in the wider context of 19th-century society and imperial expansion.
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of The Last Redcoats, Ian Knight, Pan Macmillan
WINNER – SILVER AWARD
Agent Zo: The untold story of fearless WWII resistance fighter Elżbieta Zawacka
Elżbieta Zawacka was driven by a belief in positive action. This latest book from Clare Mulley goes way beyond the astonishing life story of the Polish resistance fighter. For it also provides an important overview of 20th century Poland, as well as a reminder of the horrors of tyranny and the price paid by individuals for realpolitik.
Agent Zo: The untold story of fearless WWII resistance fighter Elżbieta Zawacka, Clare Mulley, Orion
WINNER – BRONZE AWARD
Henry V: The astonishing rise of England’s greatest warrior king
Henry V ruled England for only nine years, and he died at the age of 35, but his reign was one of the most consequential in the country’s history. Medieval historian Dan Jones has produced this compelling and highly readable biography of the victor of Agincourt, whose various achievements and merits as a warrior are still being argued about today.
Henry V: the astonishing rise of England’s greatest warrior king, Dan Jones, Head of Zeus
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