The Great White Bard and Shakespeare Without a Life review
Two significant new publications push the parameters of how we engage with the most revered writer in the English language.
Reviews
The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover by Lerone A. Martin review
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, thought the Bureau’s mission was to defeat the godless forces of liberalism, feminism and civil rights.
The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume I, II and III review
From backbench MP and minor gentleman to Lord Protector and almost-king, a new edition provides the most complete and accurate version of Oliver Cromwell’s writings to date.
The Penguin History of Modern Spain by Nigel Townson review
An up-to-date history of modern Spain, from 1898 to the present.
The Madman in the White House by Patrick Weil review
Delusions of grandeur: a ‘psychobiography’ of Woodrow Wilson.
Never Again by Andrew I. Port review
‘Real world’ German responses to postwar genocide.
February 1933 by Uwe Wittstock review
Germany in February 1933 as it unfolded day-by-day.
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Virtuous Bankers by Anne L. Murphy review
‘A day in the life’ of the 18th-century Bank of England.
Revolutionary Spring by Christopher Clark review
In January 1848, in the Sicilian city of Palermo, the streets began to fill with crowds. From here, revolutionary sparks flew to almost all of Europe’s cities.
Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell review
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope is a Whiggish history of humanism from the Renaissance to the present.