The Man The Allies Ignored
The Polish volunteer who infiltrated Auschwitz.
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A Sunny Place For Shady People
A time when anyone who was anyone spent weeks at a time on the Riviera.
It Can't Happen Here
A personal interpretation of France under two occupations, reissued as a Modern Classic.
Regulation and Reputation
A new book is a paean to American capitalism.
The Great Divide
In the Arabian peninsula, non-Muslim groups were converted, driven out or killed by Islamic armies. In Syria, they were not.
In Her Time
Why do we have a fixation with Alma Mahler?
Poisonous Ideas on Repeat
The notion that Jews were responsible for both capitalism and communism was widespread in the early 20th century.
A Well-Trodden Road
An admirable retelling of the traditional history of appeasement.
Chaucer: The Poet in His World
Is a biography of Chaucer impossible?
Retracing The Steps
An intimate understanding of John Buchan with a scholarly reading of the immense mass of his papers