Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford

Lebanon's celebration of a brutal killer's release illustrates the extent - and the limitations - of Hizbullah's power

Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond by David Runciman

Until recently, it was assumed that Trilling had written only one long fiction, The Middle of the Journey (1947). Now, thanks to Geraldine Murphy we know that Trilling was a third of the way through another novel, begun years earlier