Jeremy Black

From the golden age of crime fiction to the modern day, Jeremy Black recommends seven books to see you through April

Jeremy Black recommends three history books that have been neglected by literary reviewers

Jeremy Black says McMeekin’s account provides tough reading for anybody endorsing the Guardian’s view of history

From countryside crimes to mysteries on the waves, Jeremy Black recommends further reading from the British Library Crime Classics collection

Britain’s bleak record with the slave trade makes a horrible story, but it is one not helped by getting it wrong

Why has the history of Poland, what was a large country, an important economy and an interesting polity, been marginalised by historians?

From laugh-out-louds to gripping plots, Jeremy Black recommends murder mysteries for the end of the month

What about the past should and could be mapped, and how to do so, are vexed issues in cartographic studies

Despite its length, Philip Mansel’s biography of the Sun King is ‘a welcome prize for any reviewer’

Jeremy Black recommends an array of crime fiction novels, both modern and classic, to keep you entertained in January