A book for these troubled times from other troubled times?

Looking for a good read during these times?

Dresden is a super book, not just about the WW2 dramatic bombing, it is that, but also about the impact on the real people on the ground. The obliteration of a beautiful city and the people who lived there.

McKay comes at it differently with real human stories that make it unput downable. So well written it really brings a whole new dimension to war.
And we read a lot of war books....but this one is a true stand out. Max Hastings, perhaps the greatest war writer of them all, said,

'Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay's book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 people perished in the firestorm that raged through the city. I have never seen it better described' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

It's for everyone too - it's not a 'manly' war book but a great insight into devastation and how people cope. Smashing read that takes the mind off things.