Reviews

The central paradox to the story of Adam and Even is that, the more reality they take on, the more they are shown to be fiction.

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, five books track its transition from idealism to tyranny.

The destruction of Palmyra robbed us of one of antiquity’s great trading cities.

Though fast-faced and refreshingly different, this short study of Germany is more political manifesto than historical analysis.

A rich and complex portrait of the author of The Prince manages to combine scholarly analysis with the imagination of the historical novelist.

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin robbed Israel of a rare politician able to make peace with the Palestinians. 

Steering clear of Orientalist fantasy and patriotic British myth, this innovative analysis brings clarity to the complexities of the Middle East in the early 20th century.

Mesmerism was a short-lived phenomenon, but its most celebrated British exponent, John Elliotson, attracted large crowds, which incensed his rivals. 

An examination of the ‘fleeting, fine-grained intimacies’ of letters, diaries and memoirs produces a witty and scholarly account of Victorian attitudes to the body.