Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 47 No. 5
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The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024”…
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The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again'A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history: a…
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What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive…
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A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed historian of the USSRWhy did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to…
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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were true visionaries of British cinema, creating glorious Technicolor masterpieces including A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948).Delving into their…
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What happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed? Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen’s novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her…
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Translated by Ottilie MulzetA masterpiece of form and fiction as one of our greatest living writers tackles our fears of environmental disasterInternational Booker Award winner's breathtaking new novel about neo-Nazis, particle…
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The Booker-shortlisted author of the Ibis trilogy explores the impact of opium on global history, economies, cultures, and his own understanding of self.'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history…
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The real story behind the mercurial Masayoshi Son, who has three times lost and made tens of billions of dollarsGambling Man is the biography of one of the world’s least known but most consequential investors.Japan’s…
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Translated from the French by Charlotte MandellIntroduction by Ryan RubyIn 1892, during an intense thunderstorm, the great Symbolist poet Paul Valéry underwent an existential crisis. For the next twenty years, he wrote no poetry,…
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