Book Review

Jonathon Green wonders if, despite this being a fascinating book, the author has set herself up for defeat

Baddiel is concerned in this short, polemical book with Jews being “left out”

We need a system where books that publishers really love, where it’s not mere puff, get a special sticker on the front, says John Self

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

The Happy Traitor tells Blake’s story in a witty and sophisticated way, fully alert to its complexities and ironies

Paul du Quenoy learns how this enclave for the American elite shifted from swamp to swank in Russell Kelley’s: An Illustrated History of Palm Beach

Hamilton first delivered this to his publishers 80 years ago in March 1941. What does a re-read of it tell us about the time that produced it?

David Goodhart’s recent book is a reminder that we need to look out for those whose lives, jobs and purpose are disappearing

E. J. White’s book on the history of New York English is not the first on the subject, but it goes a long way in explaining the evolution of the city’s unique linguistics

Jeffrey Jackson’s lively and compassionate account plunges readers into the depths of the Occupation and the Channel Islands’ resistance movement