Snow and Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. This is an utterly fascinating five weeks when for a time it looked like Hitler had outflanked the allied armies pushing toward the Rhine and might just throw them back to the Normandy beaches. It is also the context for the catastrophic events at Bastogne depicted so graphically in Band of Brothers.

For military history fans this is one of those touchstone battles of the second world war, written by an author with a fast growing, world-wide reputation. Peter will use primary archival material and personal interviews to write a controversial, commercial, landmark book.

Peter Caddick-Adams, one of the world's authorities on battlefield history and author of the applauded joint biography of Montgomery and Rommel, now examines Hitler's last great throw of the dice. The Battle of the Bulge was launched on 16 December 1944 and fought in the wintry forests of the Ardennes. In this compelling, page-turning account, Caddick-Adams examines the US and German armies of 1944 and the decisions taken by their commanders.

'Utterly absorbing ?this is a thought-provoking and compelling account of one of the most iconic battles of the Second World War.' James Holland

'Superb: an impeccably researched, finely judged reappraisal of a pivotal World War Two battle that still resonates today.' Saul David

'Encyclopaedic and immersive' Andrew Roberts

'Fantastic...incredibly readable' Al Murray