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W Sydney Robinson's account of four prominent inter-war figures is an enjoyable read but his view that they clung to Victorian values is unconvincing

Richard Salmon's is good on nuance but his book on the Victorian Literary Profession is in need of a grand narrative

This study of empire building is imaginative and vivid, but has a loose grip on detail

An excellent book on the deal between Hitler and Stalin that shocked the world 75 years ago

Osterhammel's 'The Transformation of the World' shows up the work of all-too-many other historians

How do racisms start? Francisco Bethencourt’s study of racial prejudices since the Crusades does its best to answer the culturally sensitive question

Ian Buruma's Year Zero deftly tells the story of 1945: the year the modern world began