The Crown in Crisis by Alexander Larman
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Alexander Larman recounts the story of the Abdication Crisis.
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Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
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The great Haitian revolutionary’s story is told in a boisterous new biography.
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The Black Cabinet by Jill Watts
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A new book details the inner workings of the unofficial council that advised FDR on racial issues during the New Deal era.
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Revolutionary Brothers by Tom Chaffin
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A new book finds interesting importance in the friendship between Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette
Read MoreThe Reality Game by Samuel Woolley
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As this book makes frighteningly clear, “fake news” and “alternative facts” are just the barest beginning of coming problem with telling the difference between truth and lies …
Read MoreLabyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy
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A new book tells the riveting story of an 1881 Far North expedition that went horribly awry.
Read MoreShatter the Nations: ISIS and the War for the Caliphate by Mike Giglio
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What powers this book more than bullets and bombs are the people Giglio encounters and the stories they share.
Read MoreThe Will of the People by T.H. Bree
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An extremely well-paced and engaging account of those who never enjoyed the attentions of history.
Read MoreEquality by Charles Postel
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The progressive spirit of equal rights movements was often burdened by the ugly weight of racism, sexism, and xenophobia.
Read MoreAgrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon
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Agrippina is a smart choice for those who think they probably won’t enjoy ancient Roman history.
Read MoreThe Borgias by Paul Strathern
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For those new to the history of Renaissance Italy, Strathern’s book is a perfectly paced and highly readable telling of one ambitious and ruthless family.
Read MoreKnow-It-All Society by Michael Patrick Lynch
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Lynch encourages us to quest for knowledge by constant inquiry.
Read MoreAssad or We Burn the Country by Sam Dagher
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What one comes away with after 600 pages of a Middle East generally on fire is the aching need for a little hope.
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