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‘Christianity at the Crossroads’ by David N. Hempton review

Read this book’s title, and you might guess that David Hempton – perhaps the world’s greatest historian of Methodism...

‘Heiresses’ by Miranda Kaufman review

Heiresses, as Miranda Kaufmann admits, is indebted to scholarship which has revealed, over many decades, the extent of the...

‘Turncoat’ by Dennis Sewell review

Downing Street is globally recognised as the home of the British prime minister. It is also an early example...

‘The Maginot Line’ by Kevin Passmore review

Visitors to the Maginot Line fort at Schoenenbourg can experience something of the cold, dark, and damp conditions endured...

‘The Heretic of Cacheu’ and ‘Worlds of Unfreedom’ review

The Portuguese pioneered trans-Atlantic slavery, trafficking more people than any other nation and continuing to do so decades after...

‘Chernobyl Children’ by Melanie Arndt review

The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 was an environmental catastrophe. The radioactive fallout...

‘El Generalísimo’ by Giles Tremlett book review

The bloody victor of the Spanish Civil War continues to evoke controversy. When, in 2011, Spain’s Royal Academy of...

‘Peacemaker’ by Thant Myint-U review

Over the past two decades, historians have worked to recapture the spirit of ‘Third World’ internationalism that burnt brightly...

‘Killing the Dead’ by John Blair review

Around 1540 Martin Luther received a letter from a pastor in rural Saxony, asking for advice on how to...

‘The Diver of Paestum’ by Tonio Hölscher review

On 3 June 1968, as protesting students occupied the Sorbonne, and Robert Kennedy was preparing his speech to celebrate...

‘The Indefatigable Asa Briggs’ by Adam Sisman review

I knew Asa Briggs well; his life and work had a huge impact upon mine. We first met in...

‘Fenwomen’ by Mary Chamberlain review

In 1975 Fenwomen was the first publication of the first British feminist publisher, Virago. Established as Spare Rib Books...