The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991

Lenin: A Biography
'Impressive . . . lucidly written, sharply observed, full of good sense, packed with vivid anecdote and, above all, succeeds - where so many have failed - in creating a Lenin who is believably human' History Today

Stalin: A Biography
'A tour de force . . . No one has shown in more convincing detail than Service Stalin's evolution to the absolute power that corrupts absolutely' Spectator

Trotsky: A Biography
'Outstanding, fascinating . . . compelling as an adventure story - the ultimate rise and fall - but also revelatory as the scholarly revision of a historical reputation' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Telegraph

Spies and Commissars
'Service's cast list of journalists, diplomats, agents and their lovers is a joy. Emmeline Pankhurst wanders briefly across the stage, as does Arthur Ransome and the writer of the King Kong movie . . . a winning combination of scholarship, narrative drive and detail' Observer