Adam LeBor - wordsmith of all trades
@adamlebor
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Author of 16 books - 7 thrillers, 9 non-fiction inc. The Last Days of Budapest. Thriller critic @ftweekend TV critic @thecriticmag fellow @institutedanube
Rootless cosmopolitan
Joined October 2008
Take a trip back in time to Budapest in the Second World War with the introduction to our film about the city's hidden wartime history based on my bestselling book The Last Days of Budapest. Link to the full version below @GeorginaCapel @HoZ_Books @public_affairs
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Thanks very much for the mention - the book is Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Switzerland Profited from Nazi Genocide updated in 2020 - more details here (scroll down)
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Thanks @lucyhh for this wonderful review of The Last Days of Budapest in @NewStatesman best books of 2025 @HoZ_Books @BloomsburyBooks @GeorginaCapel
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Congratulations to our authors @adamlebor and @phil_tinline whose titles were chosen by @dcsandbrook in his 'Best History Titles of 2025' in last week's @thetimes Well done to the teams at @HoZ_Books & @BloomsburyBooks
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“This outstanding book chronicles the transformation of one of Europe’s finest cosmopolitan capitals during the second world war.” https://t.co/VZNnqDFMGi "The Last Days of Budapest" by @adamlebor is a @TheEconomist Best Book of 2025.
economist.com
Gladiators and dictators, wolves and Beatles feature in our list this year
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And did I mention that The Last Days of Budapest, my history of the city in WW2 is a @thetimes Book of the Year @GeorginaCapel @HoZ_Books @public_affairs
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So glad to see the esteemed @thetimes crime critic @polblonde also pick Red Water, outstanding crime novel set in collapsing Yugoslavia, as a book of the year @bitterlemonpub
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Thanks, David
This is a brilliant book by @adamlebor. It tells you just how slippery the slope is between civilisation and barbarism, and just how easy it is to start sliding down it.
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Thanks very much David - and a book of the year in @TheEconomist and @ftweekend
An absolutely fantastic book 👇 @adamlebor
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How about that - The Last Days of Budapest my history of the city in WW2 is an @TheEconomist BOOK OF THE YEAR - "Outstanding" @HoZ_Books @public_affairs @GeorginaCapel @InstituteDanube @BellaWallerstei @clivedenlitfest @ChelseaHistFest @simonmontefiore @jlfbookweek
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Absolutely - the little-known Polish-Hungarian-UK-Special Operations Executive narrative is a large part of the early chapters. See also our film, link below, for more on this:
Intrigue that very definitely featured Poland
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How about that - The Last Days of Budapest my history of the city in WW2 is an @TheEconomist BOOK OF THE YEAR - "Outstanding" @HoZ_Books @public_affairs @GeorginaCapel @InstituteDanube @BellaWallerstei @clivedenlitfest @ChelseaHistFest @simonmontefiore @jlfbookweek
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📢 @adamlebor's The Last Days of Budapest has been named among @TheEconomist’s Books of the Year! 👏 Our institute's Deputy Director of Research's work was ranked as one of the best #History books of 2025. Hungarian edition coming next spring 📚🇭🇺 https://t.co/2JwFys2G9S
economist.com
Gladiators and dictators, wolves and Beatles feature in our list this year
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Thanks very much Bella - your support much appreciated. Some lessons from the past in these dark times, as well as some powerful human stories @GeorginaCapel @HoZ_Books
Yes I’m wearing a sweater vest but please focus on the book
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Yes I’m wearing a sweater vest but please focus on the book
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