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• Frank Walbank

  Nov 19 2008:

  Obituary: Historian of the Roman empire and authority on Polybius

• Obama's team of rivals

  Nov 18 2008:

  James Crabtree: The presidency of Abraham Lincoln casts a long shadow on Barack Obama's choices for his administration's top positions

• The history book directing America's future

  Nov 17 2008:

  Graeme Allister: President Obama will be taking cues from a study of how Abraham Lincoln managed his government nearly 150 years ago

• Duels, debts and love affairs - the real Daniel O'Connell

  Nov 16 2008:

  New biographer wants to 'set the record straight' on 'the Liberator' of Ireland

• Exiles abroad

  Nov 16 2008:

  Review: The Disinherited: The Exiles Who Created Spanish Culture by Henry Kamen
  The author argues that many of the country's masterpieces were created elsewhere, says Michael Englard

• Humanity shines through

  Nov 16 2008:

  Review: The Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya by Åsne Seierstad
  The reader is taken into the heart of the bloody conflict, writes Alexandra Masters

• Adventures in a barbarous hinterland

  Nov 16 2008:

  Review: Bandit Roads: Into the Lawless Heart of Mexico by Richard Grant
  His tabloid style has the virtues of pace and clarity but his analysis lacks sophistication, says Michael Englard

• World Cup conflict

  Nov 16 2008:

  Review: The Fighter by Tim Parks
  A collection of lively and thought provoking essays, says Alexandra Masters

• You win some, you lose some

  Nov 16 2008:

  Review: Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please? by Julian Norridge
  A lighthearted history asks if the British love of games puts us on the back foot, says Emma John

• The maiden who mastered Montaigne

  Nov 16 2008:

  Review: Apology for the Woman Writing by Jenny Diski This is a a complex fable about a fatal encounter between ruthless mediocrity and equally egotistical genius, writes Patricia Duncker

• Any chance of some soldiers?

  Nov 16 2008:

  TV historian David Starkey tells Vincent Graff about the hearty northern diet of his working-class youth

• God's prompter

  Nov 15 2008:

  Review: Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend by Mark Bostridge
  Florence Nightingale lived a heroic life of service to the common good, says Miranda Seymour

• How the war was won

  Nov 15 2008:

  Review: Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West by Andrew Roberts
  Mark Mazower enjoys a portrait of the politicians and generals who defeated Nazi Germany

• The seven ages of Shakespeare

  Nov 15 2008:

  Review: Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
  Can another biography really surprise us? Absolutely, says Richard Eyre

• Gunsmoke and Mirrors: 'Sinn Féin failed in their main objective'

  Audio (11min 37sec), Nov 14 2008:

  Henry McDonald discusses his new book Gunsmoke and Mirrors: How Sinn Féin Dressed up Defeat as Victory

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