The Nuremberg Trials had their counterpart in Japan. This is a thorough investigation of that process, and its significance to what happened afterwards in Asia.
Over 100,000 Jews were killed in the Ukraine during the pogroms of 1918-1921. JV draws on trial records and witness testimony to argue that this chilling violence was a harbinger of the Holo... read more
A society's way of dealing with death can be very revealing. Here, the distinguished historian of Victorian Britain and the domestic sphere shows how their behaviour around death offers deep... read more
An investigation of Jesus' messianic contemporaries and the reasons for Christianity's success. From the author of the highly regarded The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Cla... read more
Mozart was taken to Italy three times by his father in his early and mid-teens; already astonishingly accomplished as a thirteen-year-old, he drank in Italian opera like a thirsty man findin... read more
The Endurance was found in March of this year. Mensun Bound, a leading marine archaeologist, was the Director of Explorations of the two expeditions that set out to find it in 2019 and 2022.... read more
A new edition with illustrations by the Children's Laureate whose scratchy style is well-suited to the story, especially for those who don't have Tenniel's hookah-smoking caterpillar as the ... read more
A Pulitzer Prize-winner's essays on musical greats who flourished again later in life: Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith and many more. These are judicious and vivid portraits, som... read more
A wry memoir of his recovery from a stroke in 2011, during which time his thoughts turned to his father too. Completed shortly before his death earlier this year.