July 2008 Issue Michael Burleigh War Without End? Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia By Ahmed Rashid LR
July 2008 Issue Jonathan Mirsky This Is What Bombs Do Into the Darkness: An Account of 7/7 By Peter Zimonjic LR
April 2007 Issue Michael Burleigh The Long War Warrant for Terror: The Fatwas of Radical Islam and the Duty of Jihad By Shmuel Bar 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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In the nine centuries since his death, El Cid has been presented as a prototypical crusader, a paragon of religious toleration and the progenitor of a united Spain.
David Abulafia goes in search of the real El Cid.
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David Abulafia: Legends of the Phantom Rider - El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary by Nora Berend
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More than a century after they fell out of fashion, why have illustrated novels started to make a comeback?
@AdamCSDouglas investigates.
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Adam Douglas: Every Picture Tells a Story - Whatever Happened to the Illustrated Novel?
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