Book Review: The Unfaithful Queen
/Young, vain, unfaithful Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife, regularly draws writers intent on finding heroism in her brief life & times; Carolly Erickson is the latest aspirant.
Read MoreBook Review: I, Jane
/The meek and dutiful Jane Seymour, mother of Henry VIII's long-sought male heir, takes center stage in a new historical novel about her life and times.
Read MoreBook Review: Mistress of Mourning
/Tragedy haunted the earliest years of the new Tudor dynasty, and in this atmospheric new novel, a candle-maker and a courier are tasked with finding out why.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Song of Wrath
/The ancient Greek historian Thucydides is virtually synonymous with the Peloponnesian War, but a new history gives the master a much-needed makeover
Read MoreComics: Namor Visionaries, Vol. 2
/From the glory days of the late 1980s comes this new reprint-volume of the adventures of Marvel Comics' imperious, headstrong super-merman, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner!
Read MoreEmma: An Annotated Edition
/Belknap Press produces a big, attractive, and lovingly annotated edition of Jane Austen's peak-of-her-career novel "Emma" - perfect for newcomers and those who know every line by heart.
Read MoreBook Review: The Poems of Jesus Christ
/In a slim new volume, one of our greatest masters of vibrant exegesis gives is the collected poetry of "the invisible poet of the world" - Jesus Christ.
Read MoreBook Review: The Caliph's Splendor
/One of our best popular historians sheds light on the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid, where learning and culture flourished at a time when the West was mired in filth and chaos.
Read MoreBook Review: Kiss of Steel
/The melodramatic first novel in a series set in a vampire-ridden steampunk version of Victorian London
Read MoreNow in Paperback: King Stephen
/Now in paperback: the most comprehensive, opinionated, and even-handed biography poor unlucky oath-breaking King Stephen is ever likely to get - or deserve.
Read MoreBook Review: Reaper
/A fast-paced teen fiction re-imagining of Peter Pan and Wendy and the Lost Boys and Neverland, with a few side-helpings of goth, "Buffy," and a certain boy wizard
Read MoreBook Review: Legions of Rome
/A comprehensive - and visually stunning - overview of the mighty Roman legions and the world they helped to shape.
Read MoreBook Review: Master and God
/An ambitious historical novel about the dark days of the emperor Domitian by the popular mystery author Lindsey Davis.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Hadrian
/A lavishly illustrated biography of the Roman emperor Hadrian - now in bookstores in paperback - takes readers inside the world of an empire (and its ruler) undergoing one long identity crisis
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Arguably
/Now in a bright yellow paperback: a generous helping of essays, provocations, and tirades by the late Christopher Hitchens.
Read MoreGordon's Alive!
/He started an artist on the path to glory, sold a million toys, and inspired a cult classic movie: He's Flash Gordon, and his earliest Sunday adventures are getting a deluxe reprint series.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice from the Water
/Before the advent of modern times, every visitor to Venice approached the city slowly, from the water - and according to a visually-stunning new book, Venetians very much wanted it that way.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice & Vitruvius
/The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius influenced the Renaissance architect Alberti, who in turn influenced the architect Palladio and the humanist Barbaro - a strong new book traces the genealogy.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice - History of the Floating City
/A new social history of Venice takes readers well beyond the myth and delves into the lives of the people - princes, merchants, women, immigrants - who brought the city to life
Read MoreBook Review: The Men Who Would Be King
/Elizabeth I's radical decision to remain unmarried gave hope to every aspiring suitor in the Western world - a new reprint marches us quickly through the usual suspects.
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