Recommendations from our site
“There are also new books out, or due out shortly, about some of the later Roman rulers, including Julian, the subject of Gore Vidal’s 1964 historical novel. Philip Freeman, a professor at Pepperdine University, brings us Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor, about the man who tried to ditch Christianity and return the empire—by then based in Constantinople—to paganism.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Fall 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Our most recommended books
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Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution
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Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
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Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
by Frank Trentmann -
Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
by Joya Chatterji -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
by Nandini Das -
Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
by Nicholas Radburn
