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An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo
by Richard Davenport-Hines

Francis Beckett is enthralled by a study of the Profumo Affair – and what it says about England of the 1960

Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms

Tim Blanning considers a sweeping narrative that puts Germany at the heart of centuries of European history

Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem  and the Modernisation  of the Monarchy
by Paul Thomas Murphy

Kate Williams on a look at the effects of attempts to assassinate Victoria

 
The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe
by Marci Shore

David Priestland commends an impressive journey through the aftermath of communism in eastern Europe

Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
by Guy Halsall

Ryan Lavelle praises a lively deconstruction of Arthurian legend and the myths surrounding post-Roman Britain

 
Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
by Michael Haag

Helen Nicholson explores an unusual, but contentious, account of the effect that the crusades had on the Middle East

America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
by Owen Davies

Simon Middleton on an exploration of the ways in which 'witchcraft' has influenced US culture since the 18th century

Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination
by Richard Morris

David Musgrove on a bid to use archaeology to see the past in new ways

The Deadly Sisterhood
by Leonie Frieda

Jerry Brotton is disappointed by a study of powerful women in the Italian Renaissance

Medieval Pets
by Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Aleks Pluskowski praises a comprehensive exploration of domestic and captive animals in Britain in the Middle Ages