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Gill Bennett, “The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies” (Oxford UP, 2018)

Gill Bennett
The Zinoviev Letter
The Conspiracy that Never Dies
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in British Studies New Books in History New Books in National Security New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies New Books in World Affairs October 18, 2018 Charles Coutinho

The Zinoviev Affair is a story of one of the most long-lasting and enduring conspiracy theories in modern British politics, an intrigue that still resonates nearly one-hundred years after it was written. Almost certainly a forgery, the so-called Zinoviev Letter, had no original and has never been traced. Notwithstanding, the Letter... Read More

Jeffrey Kahan
Shakespeare and Superheroes

ARC Humanities Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in British Studies New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Popular Culture New Books Network October 18, 2018 Miranda Corcoran

What do Shakespeare and superheroes have in common? A penchant for lycra and capes? A flair for the dramatic? Well, according to Shakespeare scholar, English Professor and comic-book fan Jeffrey Kahan, the connection between Batman and the Bard runs much deeper. In his new book, Shakespeare and Superheroes (ARC Humanities... Read More

Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Hurricane's Eye
The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
Viking, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in British Studies New Books in History New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network October 16, 2018 Mark Klobas

Most Americans do not appreciate the extent to which victory in the American Revolution was due to the leadership of a French aristocrat. As Nathaniel Philbrick demonstrates in his new book In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (Viking, 2018), it was Admiral Comte de... Read More

Stephanie L. Derrick, “The Fame of C. S. Lewis: A Controversialist’s Reception in Britain and America” (Oxford UP, 2018)

Stephanie L. Derrick
The Fame of C. S. Lewis
A Controversialist’s Reception in Britain and America
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in British Studies New Books in Christian Studies New Books in History New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network October 11, 2018 Crawford Gribben

C. S. Lewis remains one of the most popular religious writers, and one of the most widely discussed children’s writers. I had the chance to catch up with Stephanie L. Derrick about her new book, The Fame of C. S. Lewis: A Controversialist’s Reception in Britain and America (Oxford University... Read More

Charlotte Greenhalgh, “Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain” (U California Press, 2018)

Charlotte Greenhalgh
Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain

University of California Press, 2018

New Books in British Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books in Sociology New Books Network October 9, 2018 Jess Clark

What role did elderly Britons have in shaping the twentieth-century welfare state? In her new book, Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain (University of California Press, 2018), Charlotte Greenhalgh offers a compelling portrait of a segment of Britain’s twentieth-century population that has, to date, received limited scholarly attention. Mobilizing a range of sources,... Read More