May 2018 Issue Jerry White River of Empire Trading in War: London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson By Margarette Lincoln LR
August 2008 Issue Roger Crowley Taking on the Turk The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe By Andrew Wheatcroft LR
December 2007 Issue Leslie Mitchell Keeping an Eye on the Neighbours Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714–1783 By Brendan Simms LR
December 2012 Issue Jonathan Sumption Trial by Sword The Verdict of Battle: The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War By James Q Whitman LR
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Richard Flanagan's Question 7 is this year's winner of the @BGPrize.
In her review from our June issue, @rosalyster delves into Tasmania, nuclear physics, romance and Chekhov.
Rosa Lyster - Kiss of Death
Rosa Lyster: Kiss of Death - Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
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‘At times, Orbital feels almost like a long poem.’
@sam3reynolds on Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, the winner of this year’s @TheBookerPrizes
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Sam Reynolds: Islands in the Sky - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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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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