The Penguin History of Modern Spain by Nigel Townson review
An up-to-date history of modern Spain, from 1898 to the present.
Reviews
The Madman in the White House by Patrick Weil review
Delusions of grandeur: a ‘psychobiography’ of Woodrow Wilson.
Never Again by Andrew I. Port review
‘Real world’ German responses to postwar genocide.
February 1933 by Uwe Wittstock review
Germany in February 1933 as it unfolded day-by-day.
Virtuous Bankers by Anne L. Murphy review
‘A day in the life’ of the 18th-century Bank of England.
Revolutionary Spring by Christopher Clark review
In January 1848, in the Sicilian city of Palermo, the streets began to fill with crowds. From here, revolutionary sparks flew to almost all of Europe’s cities.
Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell review
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope is a Whiggish history of humanism from the Renaissance to the present.
Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang review
Not every Renaissance queen was remarkable, but that does not make them insignificant.
Alle Thyng Hath Tyme by Gillian Adler and Paul Strohm review
On the difficulty of keeping time with the people of the past.
It's Not Just Cricket
Did the British Empire have a culture?