Lower than the Angels by Diarmaid MacCulloch
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A great historian of Christianity explores the intersections of faith and sex
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The Celts: A Modern History by Ian Stewart
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An engaging new study of the history and many uses of Celtic identity
Read MoreEmbers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough
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A new history of the social side of the Vikings
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Outposts of Diplomacy by G. R. Berridge
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A new history of foreign embassies and the things they do
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A Nasty Little War by Anna Reid
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A wonderfully lively history of the West’s attempt to defeat the Bolshevik Revolution
Read MoreGoodbye, Eastern Europe by Jacob Mikanowski
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A strange and compelling new look at the mosaic of Eastern European history.
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Land of War by William Nester
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A new history covers thousands of years of European history.
Read MorePortraits of Learned Men by Paolo Giovio
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An elegant new I Tatti volume of Giovio’s profiles of men of letters.
Read MoreThe Reopening of the Western Mind by Charles Freeman
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The author of “The Closing of the Western Mind” provides a lavishly-illustrated sequel about the up-swing of the pendulum.
Read MorePlunder by Cynthia Saltzman
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The fascinating story of how Veronese’s most famous painting, completed in Venice, ended up in the Louvre.
Read MoreLast Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
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Svetlana Alexievich interviews 100 people who were children during the Second World War and relates their stories.
Read MoreThomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life By Diarmaid MacCulloch
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A wonderfully eloquent and challenging massive new interpretation of Cromwell’s life and times.
Read MoreThe Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell
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The author explores how the Habsburgs succeeded by developing strategies using only the limited tools at their disposal.
Read MoreNapoleon: The Spirit of the Age: 1805-1810 by Michael Broers
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Based on Napoleon's correspondence, this is the second of a three volume life of Napoleon that moves through many well-known landmarks of these five years.
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