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Book Review
The fabulous fabrications of two Afghan con artists
By Justin Marozzi
Book Review
The woman at the forefront of the fight against Pornhub
By Julie Bindel
Book Review
The life of Margaret Tudor: queen and hapless intermediary
By Helen Carr
Book Review
Will we merge with AI?
By David Honigmann
Book Review
A superbly written and insightful account of the contemporary American military
By David J. Garrow
Book Review
A compelling and evocative biography of the redoubtable Mrs. Mandelbaum
By Alison Kerr
Book Review
Pat Nixon, ambassador of goodwill
By Christopher Sandford
Book Review
James Shapiro’s timely account of the rise and fall of an influential public theater
By Philip Womack
Book Review
A new and compelling study of the life of the iconic rebel Nat Turner
By Clement Knox
Book Review
Devil in the detail
By Amelia Butler-Gallie
Book Review
Robyn Hitchcock’s diverting account of his formative years
By Travis Elborough
Book Review
Long Island Compromise explores the downsides of wealth
By Leyla Sanai
Book Review
Thom Gunn’s dedicated debauchery
By Philip Hensher
Book Review
Does anything rival China’s traditional banquet for opulence?
By Paul Levy
Book Review
The slow pace of change in Catholic Ireland
By Susie Mesure
Book Review
A fair-minded and dispassionate history of the CIA
By Toby Harnden
Book Review
The greatest character in Balzac’s Human Comedy is Paris
By Oliver-James Campbell
Book Review
What are the roots of Europe’s antisemitism?
By Christopher Akers

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