From the April 2024 Issue We Need to Talk About Democracy Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power By Erica Benner LR
From the December 2023 Issue Naked Attraction Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance By Jonathan Jones LR
From the August 2023 Issue Shopping & Plucking How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity By Jill Burke Painted Love: Renaissance Marriage Portraits By Holburne Museum, Bath, until 1 October
From the December 2021 Issue Scholar in Arms The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino By Jane Stevenson LR
From the August 2021 Issue Prince of Publishers The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance By Ross King LR
From the May 2020 Issue Love at Second Sight A Renaissance Marriage: The Political and Personal Alliance of Isabella d’Este and Francesco Gonzaga, 1490–1519 By Carolyn James LR
From the April 2019 Issue An American in Florence House of Secrets: The Many Lives of a Florentine Palazzo By Allison Levy LR
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Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's son, has gone back to the 1960s with a new novel featuring his father's anti-hero, George Smiley.
But is this the missing link in le Carré’s oeuvre, asks @ddguttenplan, or is there something awry?
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D D Guttenplan: Smiley Redux - Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway
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