In her acclaimed 1993 book Denying the Holocaust, Deborah Lipstadt called David Irving, a prolific writer of books on World War II, “perhaps one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.” The following 12 months, after Lipstadt’s publication was published in britain, Irving led a libel suit against Lipstadt and her publisher. She prepared her defense with the help of a first-rate group of solicitors, historians, and specialists, and a dramatic trial unfolded.

Denial, previously posted as History on Trial, is Lipstadt’s riveting, blow- by-blow account of the singular legal battle, which led to a formal denunciation of the Holocaust denier that crippled the motion for a long time to come. Lipstadt’s success was proclaimed on the front page of main news- papers around the world, such as The Moments (UK), which declared that “history has already established its day in court and have scored a crushing victory.”