1916: A Global History

MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 sold over 45,000 copies and was shortlisted for the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature, as well as garnering praise from a number of high-profile authors and publications

Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's University, Belfast, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 1998, he was the Lees Knowles Lecturer in Military Science at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 2003-4, Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is the author of fourteen previous books, including MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949. Keith Jeffery lives in Northern Ireland.

Jeffery gives the war a human face by focusing on the experience of individuals . An absorbing and multi-layered analysis, one of the most impressive books on the First World War to have appeared in the centenary period
Jeffery tells this history with a breadth and depth that has come to characterize his work
'It is no small achievement to fit so much diverse material and argument into a single fast-paced volume . Enthralling
Making sense of time and space at the midpoint of the First World War is the challenge to which Keith Jeffery rises triumphantly in this sparkling history ... Combining sharp analysis with superb storytelling and using a gallery of extraordinary characters, he discusses 1916 in 12 scenes . A global and truly illuminating perspective
A remarkable panorama . The writing is excellent
His complete knowledge of the war's history is impressive and astonishing, and his revelations of research conducted for this volume are highly impressive
A creative and remarkable approach to history; his passion for unearthing previously overshadowed events shines
Commendable
Richly detailed, and always fascinating ... A brilliant compendium of everything-you-didn't-know-about World War I, which, for many readers, will be a great deal