Daniel Snowman

Frederic Spotts (Yale University Press) 288pp £25 ISBN 978 030 013290 8

Tim Blanning Allen Lane   416pp   £25  ISBN 978 1846 141782To anyone familiar with Tim Blanning’s previous work, this is the book he had to write. A scholar of impressive breadth, Blanning is at home in much of the political, military and cultural history of modern Europe, especially that of the German and French worlds during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and his writings sparkle with the wit and wisdom of a man eager to share his intellectual passions. Of these, none is greater than music.

 Daniel Snowman approaches two books on aspects of sexuality, including some uncomfortable reading.

Daniel Snowman gives his verdict on this history of the Promenade concerts.

Daniel Snowman analyses this weighty volume on the development of European culture.

In the twenty-eighth and final essay in this series, Daniel Snowman meets John Morrill, historian of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell and the recurrent political instability of the ‘Atlantic Archipelago’.

Daniel Snowman meets the historian of Poland, Europe and ‘The Isles’.

Daniel Snowman meets Jeremy Black, prolific chronicler of British, European and worldwide diplomatic, military, cultural and cartographic history, and much else besides.

In his latest article about today’s historians, Daniel Snowman meets the creator of some of the finest TV history programmes, including Auschwitz, currently being shown on BBC2.