Book Review: Conquest
/For thirty hard-fought years, the King of England was also the King of France - new in US bookstores is a thrilling account of those years
Read MoreFor thirty hard-fought years, the King of England was also the King of France - new in US bookstores is a thrilling account of those years
Read MoreA magisterial new one-volume history of the Second World War
Read MoreThe novel's greatest age gets a stunning, multi-voiced celebration
Read MoreIn a fog-enshrouded city, a tough PI takes on a case that changes everything.
Read More16th Century Iran comes alive in a new novel
Read MoreA new book looks at the foremost weapon in war's arsenal: food.
Read MoreThe bishops of Durham Cathedral were also secular princes who could settle legal disputes - and raise armies. A study now out in paperback gives the mighty cathedral and priory the history they deserve.
Read MoreThe latest adventure featuring freelance 'sword jockey' Eddie LaCrosse is - avast! - a rollicking pirate-yarn!
Read MoreThe latest volume of Marvel's "Essential" reprint line!
Read MoreA new one-volume history of the Second World War ends with the big question: could the bad guys have won?
Read MoreA new - and sometimes unforgiving - military history of the Iron Duke!
Read MoreThe latest edition of the venerable science fiction anthology series!
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was a cherished and beloved fixture of the British royal family for almost a century (and would certainly have stolen the show at her daughter's Diamond Jubilee, had she lived to see it) - but a new book claims the Queen Mum was just an ordinary human being - and not always a very nice one
Read MoreA thorough new book aims to give patients more power over their hospital experience
Read MoreAn amiable new book lays out the neurology behind food and eating
Read MoreA wonderful new book explores not only the Pleistocene era but the IDEA of the Pleistocene
Read MoreA slim, fantastic new book on dead bodies, decay, road kill, and circling vultures! Happy summer!
Read MoreA heartfelt debut novel about an innocent young woman who comes to the court of Henry VIII - except she's Anne Boleyn's cousin, so innocence isn't going to last very long!
Read MoreNow in English: a richly researched and deeply moving history of the capital of the Third Reich.
Read MoreA fiery new book condemns the evils of hunting
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