Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 48 No. 13

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A major new biography that reveals how politics profoundly shaped Joyce's life, thought and writingsThe young James Joyce (1882-1941) was forged in the smithy of Irish political controversies, and he took into his European exile a depth of…

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'A wonderfully stylish, gloriously technicolour book' - NANDINI DAS'An absolute joy to read' - DR STEPHANIE PRATT'Rich, original, and eye-opening' - ALICE HUNT'A sparkling cabinet of curiosities' - CAROLINE DODDS PENNOCKFrom rumours of lost…

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'A lovely book' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads'One of the most compelling medieval history books I have ever read' IAN MORTIMER, author of The Time Traveller's Guide to the Medieval England''Funny and profound ... a great book.'…

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This is the story of the game-changing collaboration between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann, who channelled their inner fears and desires into films that would become the nightmarish narratives and soundtracks of…

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A landmark biography of one of the most notorious and controversial protagonists of the French Revolution-Jean-Paul Marat. Who better to pen an authoritative biography of Jean-Paul Marat (1743-93) than preeminent historian of France Keith…

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'A captivating mosaic of wartime Berlin' Katja Hoyer, Financial TimesWhen war broke out in September 1939, what was most striking in the German capital at first was how little changed. Unless you were Jewish. Then life, already hard, soon…

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A nuanced portrait of Albert Einstein, a world citizen pivotally engaged in politics, humanitarianism, and science.…

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Bringing together architectural, urban and social historians, this book charts the extraordinary changes that took place in British cities between the end of the Second World War and the early 21st century. This ambitious volume captures…

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We often think of medieval medicine as strange, unhygienic and unscientific, but The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living reveals a far richer story. Long before modern wellness trends, people in the Middle Ages were actively thinking about how…

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Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that wash up from the Channel. It's been years since the crisis changed everything, but its exact nature remains obscure. Government barely functions, the seas are full…

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This book offers a rich and innovative study of multiracial social worlds in early-twentieth-century London, Liverpool, and Hong Kong - three port cities linked by their importance to global British shipping networks and circuits of Chinese…