Robert Verkaik Books

In this startling new perspective on the Battle of Britain, Robert Verkaik reveals the surprising truth about the battle's forgotten fighter, the Boulton Paul Defiant.

Drawing on unseen National Archives records, this book reveals the betrayal, espionage, and backstabbing within the ranks of the officers imprisoned in Colditz during WW2. How these men, surrounded by enemies, couldn't even afford to trust each other. And how the Traitor of Colditz almost led them to their deaths.

If we care about inequality, we have to talk about private schools

Stories of economic shame in Britain and a hopeful way forward for capitalism

The only journalist to interview `Jihadi John' uncovers how Mohammed Emwazi went from London teenager to world's most wanted terrorist

The new page-turner from the Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Traitor of Colditz, this is the true story of a spy whose betrayal changed the face of the Twentieth Century.