Mazower has written extensively on Eastern European history and the Balkans; it should come as no surprise that his new book is an impressive and thorough account of this first 'romantic' Eu... read more
Beard on the faces of power through history. She asks why - for over two millennia - the striking, stony realism of Roman portraiture has been a touchstone for subsequent depictions of power... read more
From Longleat to Cliveden, Tinniswood explores the ways in which the raffish and anti-hierarchical mood of the 1960s embraced the idea of the country house.
Based on over 350,000 letters and hundreds of interviews, this extraordinary work of historical scholarship brings together the harrowing personal testimonies of the ostarbeiter ('eastern wo... read more
How Mohammed-Reza Shah's close relationship with the US and his desire for autocratic rule sowed the seeds for the collapse of the Pahlavi dynasty and helped foment the Iranian revolution of... read more