Antony Beevor's narrative does not add substantially to the classic accounts of the battle already published.

ECONOMIST: Battle of Stalingrad

Both Antony Beevor and Max Hastings are distinguished exemplars of this approach.

ECONOMIST: The second world war

Antony Beevor took the prize two years ago for Stalingrad, while last year it went to biographer David Cairns for Berlioz: Servitude and Greatness.

BBC: political editor Andrew Marr

Our approach to the history curriculum has been supported by some of the country's most eminent historians, including Prof David Abulafia, Prof Niall Ferguson, Dr David Starkey, Antony Beevor and Dr Amanda Foreman.

BBC: Hunt doubts Gove on history evidence