July 13, 2025, The Best Books on History Edition

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July 13, 2025 • 5 mins

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. For the month of July, we look at the FT’s recommendations for top books in the summer of 2025. In this episode, Tom reviews the FT’s list of the top books on history for the Summer of 2025. Sceptred Isle by Helen Carr Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War by Jill Eicher Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-Sung by Fyodor Tertitskiy The Alienation Effect: How Central European Emigres Transformed the British Twentieth Century by Owen Hatherley The Sunday Book Review was recently honored as one of the Top 100 Book Podcasts. FT’s Best Books of Summer for 2025: History by Frederick Studemann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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