March 2017 Issue Catherine Fletcher Florence & the Machinator Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli’s Lifelong Quest for Freedom By Erica Benner
February 2017 Issue Jonathan Rée Essays in Nobility Montaigne: A Life By Philippe Desan (Translated by Steven Rendall & Lisa Neal)
October 2008 Issue Katherine Duncan-Jones As You Like Him Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare By Jonathan Bate LR
November 2007 Issue Robert Nye Love’s Lodgings Lost The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street By Charles Nicholl LR
April 2007 Issue A C Grayling Passion & Possibility Shakespeare the Thinker By A D Nuttall Shakespeare Revealed: A Biography By René Weis LR
August 2006 Issue Robert Nye A Notable Disliker Of Milk and Martyrdom John Donne: The Reformed Soul By John Stubbs 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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