Plunder 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.
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The Napoleonic Wars by Alexander Mikaberidze
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A satisfyingly plump new history paints a broad picture of an entire world embroiled in wars caused by a revolution and an egomaniac.
Read MoreNapoleon: A Life by Adam Zamoyski
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Eloquent and accomplished historian Adam Zamoyski does little to debunk the Bonaparte myth.
Read MoreQuarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War by Adam Nicolson
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Adam Nicolson’s new book Quarrel with the King is a searching, thoughtful brief study of the earls of Pembroke (and their often formidable wives and sisters) through two hundred years, but there is another family drama, somewhat less ancient but no less fascinating, unfolding just beneath its surface.
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