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Holy War, Martyrdom and Terror: Christianity, Violence and the West / Phillipe Buc

Thursday, 26 November, 2015

Cecilia Gaposchkin and the author debate an enormously ambitious book.

INTERVIEW: Daniel Snowman talks to Peter Burke / Peter Burke

Thursday, 26 November, 2015

Daniel Snowman and Peter Burke discuss the latter's career and forthcoming book.

Stalin's Agent: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov / Boris Volodarsky

Thursday, 26 November, 2015

Andrei Znamenski recommends an erudite and meticulously researched study.

Barbarism and Religion: Volume 6, Barbarism: Triumph in the West / J. G. A. Pocock

Thursday, 26 November, 2015

Joshua Ehrlich believes this book represents as monumental an achievement as could be hoped for from any historian in any age.

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Romance and the Gentry in Late Medieval England / Michael Johnston

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The Crisis of British Protestantism: Church Power in the Puritan Revolution, 1638–44 / Hunter Powell

Don’t Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party / Lily Geismer

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