Reviews

A level-headed chronicle of the varied impact of climate on our history.

The familiar story of the 17th century told through unfamiliar voices.

The Holocaust as European history.

Recalling Hollywood’s best anecdotes and old grudges.

The extraordinary life of Henry Christophe, King of Haiti from 1811 to 1820.

Correspondence from the members of the doomed expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

Not a queen or a saint, witch or idealised lady-love, the Wife of Bath is a much-married working woman and an enthusiastic traveller.

How did Italy became enslaved by ‘a corrupt gang of warmongers’?