aug u st 2 0 1 3 Issue 412 £ 3 . 7 5

When Russia Dreamed of California Anna Reid daughters of the romantics Frances Wilson an executioner writes Peter Marshall edward I’s round table Jonathan Sumption the bible in arabic Eric Ormsby voodoo medicine Simon Singh www.literaryreview.co.uk sp ying on the bolsheviks • bagehot at breakfast • big data witches on trial • shakespeare wars • when we wore togas