10,402 book reviews and counting...

"marks a new phase in Paul Cartledge’s career..."

"how history’s greatest buccaneer got off scot-free..."

"A delightful look at centuries of aquatic eccentrics..."

"Coffeeland functions not just as the story of one country’s relationship to coffee, but as a pocket history of globalisation itself...."

"a superlative piece of research into a sequence of events that are of immense importance..."

"Thomas Hegghammer’s thoroughly researched biography complicates the versions of Azzam claimed by both moderates and radicals..."

"... (a) brilliantly original and deeply researched book..."

"As this new book shows, what a lot survives from bygone ages..."

"a wild, raucous history of courtiers' miserable lives..."

"The compassion for the people Gevisser encounters sings through the pages and the reader is richer for being introduced to every single one of them...."

"entertaining, informative and moving..."

"Dott shows in detail how the chilli was incorporated into existing local traditions..."

"This is a captivating account of a life lived with resilience and grace...."

"she has assembled a fascinating collection of vignettes of a nation under arms......"

"Lowe ends with a warning against tearing any of them down. Doing that simply drives history underground..."

"His text might best serve as a crib, much superior to the hundred-year-old Loeb, for those who want to give the original a try..."

"As Phillips Sands’ The Ratline explores, Nazis' complicity in genocide didn’t stop Americans trying to recruit them...."

"this incredible book just made history..."

"identifies the social, historical and political factors that have lead to today’s society..."

"The Alliance of Pirates is an admirably comprehensive survey of this literature..."

"Harper has given us a book that will be of urgent interest to readers struggling to adjust to a disruption in their experience..."

"A People’s History of Tennis mounts a spirited, affectionate defence of club tennis..."

"a brightly coloured mosaic of a society that has all too frequently been depicted in the black and white of charts and statistics...."

"It’s​ worth asking just how radical the early Wordsworth was...."

"he stitches together the brutality and wonder of their lives with intelligence, judgement and compassion..."

"Notable names appear, some linger and a few leave a lasting impression..."

"This thought-provoking book, however grim, may yet force a re-evaluation of prejudices..."

"John Gooch’s analysis of Mussolini's futile attempts to restore Italy's military reputation is important reading..."

"Holding up an idealised image of the German case and a hazy one of a United States in need of tuition only makes that more difficult...."

"a masterclass in how to make the most of a slight subject without overstaying one’s welcome..."

"monumental, awesome yet highly readable..."