Book Review: 1781
/A flinty new account of a pivotal year in the American Revolution
Read MoreBook Review: Reprobates
/They were for King, country, and courtesans - not necessarily in that order! They were the Cavaliers, and a spirited new book tells their story.
Read MoreBook Review: Catherine the Great
/She nearly doubled the size of the Russian empire, she debated with philosophers, she endowed the first women's college in Russia, and she was a beloved mother to her people for 34 years - and she had a steady stream of lovers through it all. She was Catherine the Great.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Napoleon
/Arcade Publishing re-issues Frank McLynn's merrily magnificent biography of that pestiferous little Corsican!
Read MoreBook Review: The Romulan War
/Two new linked "Star Trek" novels dramatize a pivotal event in the fictional universe of the beloved TV show - Earth's first war with the Romulans!
Read MoreBook Review: Venice Disputed
/A beautifully illustrated examination of one Venetian nobleman's life-long wrangling with the experts over the public face of the Queen of the Adriatic.
Read MoreBook Review: The Goblin King
/A new romance makes beefcake from the least likely material imaginable, treasure-hunting goblins
Read MoreClassics Reissued: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
/One of the greatest works of 20th century - and of all time - gets a handsome paperback reprint as it turns 50.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Evolution - The First Four Billion Years
/A gigantic new paperback examines every nook and cranny of Darwin's famous theory, still controversial after 150 years.
Read MoreClassics Reissued: The Once and Future King
/T. H. White's towering, sad, uplifting tale of King Arthur, Merlyn, Guenever, and Lancelot gets a beautiful Penguin reprint
Read MoreClassics Reissued: Lucretius
/A handsome re-issue of the best English-language translation of Lucretius' famous (and famously scatter-brained) poem
Read MoreThe Steward
/He's been waiting for the throne longer than any Prince of Wales before him, and he's changed the nature of the monarchy while he's been waiting. But will we ever see King Charles III? 'A Year with the Windsors' takes a look at the heir.
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