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“For anyone wanting to celebrate female leadership in past centuries, she’s one of the most interesting exemplars. Richard Bassett’s biography is very pro-Maria Theresa (the subtitle is ‘the making of the Austrian Enlightenment’) and you find yourself rooting for her against Frederick the Great and other men of the time, including, at times, her own advisers.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction Books of Early 2025
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Our most recommended books
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King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig -
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
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Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
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Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
by Sue Prideaux -
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius (ed. James Miller, trans. Pamela Mensch) -
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
by Ilyon Woo
