Reviews

Russian history through western correspondents.

Few figures from the Age of Revolutions can match the achievements of Toussaint Louverture.

Ravenna between Constantinople and Charlemagne.

A focus on Cork’s female descendants.

Holbein’s creative life during three decades of extraordinary political, religious and intellectual turbulence.

How the Black Sea shaped the ancient Mediterranean world.

Views of the afterlife in early Christianity.

Snobs, bores and triumphs at the Royal Society of Arts.

Eight historians share the books they’ve enjoyed this year and reveal what’s on their ‘to-read’ pile.

William T. Sherman’s reputation precedes him.