A Very Narrow Area
/A pivotal part of the Second World War was fought not on land or sea but under the waves - and a new history attributes heroism to both sides.
Read MoreForever Nell
/She was an orange-seller, an actress, a whore, and the most popular of Charles II's many mistresses: Nell Gwynn stars in two new novels.
Read MoreMay the Devil Be His Companion
/There was talk that Elizabeth I might make her favorite, Robert Dudley, king - if he weren't already married. When he wife suddenly died, court and country cried foul, and an immortal mystery was born: what really happened to Amy Robsart?
Read MoreThe Beginning of the End, the Battle at the End, and the End
/In 1941 Hitler had everything: all of Europe had fallen to his stormtroopers, and he could dispose of lone, defiant England at his leisure. Then he made a Napoleonic gamble: he invaded his one-time ally, Russia. Three new books deal with the Napoleonic results of that gamble.
Read MoreA Day Such as This
/The Battle of the Somme has become a watch-word for useless slaughter over worthless ground, but a new book contends that the Somme was actually a victory for the good guys--a ghastly, horrifying victory, but a victory just the same.
Read MoreThe Summer’s Rage of Fire
/World War I is known for its inching attrition, but both sides tried their hand at massive, all-or-nothing 'pushes' - including two of the worst, the Marne and the Somme.
Read More“… and is there nothing more you want?”
/In 1938 Neville Chamberlain faced the ultimate ‘what if’ scenario, negotiating peace with Hitler; A.C. Childers weighs in on David Faber’s new account of the results.
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