Reviews

Eight historians share the books they’ve enjoyed this year and reveal what’s on their ‘to-read’ pile. 

William T. Sherman’s reputation precedes him.

Entering the ivory tower to investigate the ‘class’ in ‘Classics’.

The European sculptors behind England’s church memorials.

Utopian ideas from an era that looked to the future with optimism.

A history of the clean body is also a history of societal expectation, technological innovation, class, privacy and spare time.

The complex reign of Henry III, the fourth longest in English history.

Exploring Paris, city of horses.

The cultural politics of papal Rome.

Tracing Karl Marx’s Jewish ancestry.