Book Reviews by subject:
Europe
- 11th Century
- 12th Century
- 15th Century
- 16th Century
- 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1980s
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- Adolf Hitler
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient World
- Archaeology
- Art
- Atomic Power
- Austria
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Autobiography & Memoir
- Biography
- Biology & the Natural World
- Brexit
- Britain
- British Prime Ministers
- Cartography
- Catholicism
- Christianity
- Cities
- Cold War
- Communism
- Cultural History
- Dance
- Democracy
- Demography
- Diplomacy
- Eastern Europe
- Enlightenment
- First World War
- Footprints
- France
- French Revolution
- Gardens
- Geography
- Geology
- Germany
- Global history
- Group biography
- Henry James
- History
- History of Science
- History of a single year
- Holocaust
- Holy Roman Empire
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- Imperialism
- International Relations
- Islam
- Italy
- Letters
- Literary life
- Literature and Literary Criticism
- London
- Medicine & Disease
- Medieval History
- Mediterranean Sea
- Middle Ages
- Military history
- Monarchy
- Myths & Folklore
- Napoleon
- Nationalism
- Natural History
- Naval history
- Nazism
- Oceans and Seas
- Ottoman Empire
- Philosophy
- Political history
- Political theory
- Politics
- Portugal
- Postwar history
- Prehistory
- Race
- Reformation
- Religion & Theology
- Renaissance
- Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars
- Rivers
- Romania
- Romantics
- Russia & the Soviet Union
- Scandinavia
- Science & Technology
- Scotland
- Second World War
- Social history
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Travel & Reportage
- Turkey
- USA
- Venice
- Victorians
- Vikings
- Virginia Woolf
- Warfare
- Women in history
Sign Up to our newsletter
Receive free articles, highlights from the archive, news, details of prizes, and much more.@Lit_Review
Follow Literary Review on Twitter
Twitter Feed
Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism.
@PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right.
Peter York - Deluxe Editions
Peter York: Deluxe Editions - When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines by Graydon Carter
literaryreview.co.uk
Henry James returned to America in 1904 with three objectives: to see his brother William, to deliver a series of lectures on Balzac, and to gather material for a pair of books about modern America.
Peter Rose follows James out west.
Peter Rose - The Restless Analyst
Peter Rose: The Restless Analyst - Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age by Peter Brooks...
literaryreview.co.uk
Vladimir Putin served his apprenticeship in the KGB toward the end of the Cold War, a period during which Western societies were infiltrated by so-called 'illegals'.
Piers Brendon examines how the culture of Soviet spycraft shaped his thinking.
Piers Brendon - Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll
Piers Brendon: Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll - The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker
literaryreview.co.uk