French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

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The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.

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Its title signals it will not be a history viewed through a chosen lens, whether of post-colonialism, decolonisation or post-modernism, those deconstructive narratives of the past 50 years. It urges ...

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In this moment of constitutional crisis, these books provide a clear picture of the highest court in the land.

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