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Denis Judd enjoys a biography of the desert warrior
Desmond Seward enjoys a new life of Joan of Arc, but fears it has little new to say
Anna Whitelock meets an enigmatic Tudor man of many talents
Christopher Whatley on the grim results of Ulster’s colonisation
Ashley Jackson welcomes an ‘old school’ military history of the Japanese conquest of Burma in the Second World War
Miles Russell enjoys a vibrant introduction to some of Roman Britain’s key personalities
Michael S Goodman on a riveting tale of Cold War espionage
Nicholas Vincent reads a judicious biography of an intriguing medieval queen
Frank Trentmann on the changing history of thrift across the globe