A certain way of being European
Charles King
A stunning new history of Europe's twentieth century shows that it is impossible to understand one place without reference to another |
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Greek lives and times
Richard Clogg
A spate of new books offers an expanded, enriched and transformed version of modern Greek history |
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How to be Queen
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
A woman on the throne - how ridiculous! |
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Blood libels are back
David Abulafia
A controversial new book, which has already been withdrawn by its publishers, resurrects the idea of Jewish blood sacrifices |
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John Brown's body and blood
Ari Kelman
From John Brown's abolitionist rebellion to the pro-slavery Redeemers, blind faith proved deadly in nineteenth-century America |
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From Ethelred to Diana
Nicholas Vincent
Histories of the Kings and Queens of England are common fare, but David Starkey - a master of his trade - has produced two new ones that are both highly entertaining and remarkably accurate. |
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China at sea
Jonathan Mirsky
The fourteenth-century Ming eunuch Zheng He commanded seven vast armadas, including the largest wooden ships ever built. Despite his naval might, however, he established no colonies, enslaved no rulers, and made no attempt to corner the goods of the East for China alone. |
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Mass destroyer
Angus Trumble
An "immense and entirely breathtaking feat of scholarship" casts new light on the Black Death - "a cruel phenomenon that almost defies description". |
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History revisited
Keith Thomas
In 1966, the TLS devoted three issues to "New Ways in History". Forty years on, we offer a selection of essays detailing how things have changed. Here, Keith Thomas looks at history's expanding borders. |
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History revisited 2
Stella Tillyard
Stella Tillyard looks at the rise of popular history and calls for it "to be readmitted to parity with history’s other branches". |
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Illumination in the underbelly
Steven Poole
A richly gossipy and diverting new history of Paris reveals the real city, away from stamping ground of literary ghosts. |
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Tea for all in Victorian Britain
Rosemary Ashton
A fascinating new study looks at how the spin-offs from the Industrial Revolution wrought far-reaching changes in the leisure pursuits of workers. |
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Rectifications along the Rhine
Christopher Clark
A highly original new study shows how the management of nature and water has been central to the making of modern Germany - at a price. |
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Old Worlds for New
Fernando Cervantes
Contrasts and resemblances in Spanish and English America |
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