Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black is Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He is a prolific lecturer and writer, the author of over 100 books. Many concern aspects of eighteenth century British, European and American political, diplomatic and military history but he has also published on the history of the press, cartography, warfare, culture and on the nature and uses of history itself. His recent books include The Geographies of an Imperial Power: Britain 1688-1815, Fortifications and Siegecraft: Defense and Attack through the Ages, and Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost

Killings in the new Japan, family feuds in India and the novel menace of AI

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Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld

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April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land

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Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters

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Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul

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The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today

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From Oxford to Italy, the murders continue in 2024

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A cornucopia of killings for the Christmas season

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Killings amid the crunch of leaves

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Edinburgh, exploitation and epicurean excess

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