History Today book reviews
PositiveCapitalism · Sven Beckert“looks beyond the cities to the coffee and cotton that fuelled a global market”Verdict not statedLower Than the Angels · Diarmaid MacCullochVerdict not statedThe Traveller · Andrea WulfVerdict not statedThis Dark Night · Deborah LutzVerdict not statedWeimar · Katja HoyerVerdict not statedThe Illegals · Shaun WalkerVerdict not statedA History of the Novel in Britain · Philip Hensher“how does it fare as history?”Verdict not statedAugustus the Strong · Tim BlanningVerdict not statedFriends in Youth · Minoo DinshawVerdict not statedKilling the Dead · John BlairPositiveQueen James · Gareth Russell“illuminates the inner life and passions of James VI and I”Verdict not statedThe Grammar of Angels · Edward Wilson-LeeVerdict not statedThe Scapegoat · Lucy Hughes-HallettVerdict not statedZbig · Edward LuceVerdict not statedThe Alienation Effect · Owen Hatherley