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THIS MONTH’S PULPITis written by Kathryn Hughes, Professor of Life Writing at the University of East Anglia. Her most recent book, The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton, is published by Fourth Estate.

ROGERCROWLEYis the author of Empires of the Sea: The Final Battlefor the Mediterranean, published by Faber.

PETERWASHINGTONis General Editor of Everyman’s Library.

LUCYWOODING’s biography of Henry VIII will by published by Routledge in September.

LESLIEMITCHELLis Emeritus Fellow of University College, Oxford. His most recent publications include a life of Bulwer-Lytton and a study of the Whig Party entitled The Whig World.

PATRICKHENNESSEY’s The Junior Officers’ Reading Club, a giant rollercoaster of a memoir in 400 sizzling chapters, will be published by Allen Lane next Spring.

DONALDRAYFIELDis Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary, University of London, and author of Stalin and his Hangmen(Penguin).

CHRISTOPHERCOKERis Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and author of several books on international security.

JOHNADAMSONis a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. His new book, The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I, is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

KERRYBROWNis senior fellow, the Asia Programme, Chatham House, and author of Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century.

PULPIT

HISTORY

KINGS & COURTIERS

BODY & SOUL

MONEY SPINNERS

LIVES & LETTERS

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LESLIEMITCHELL The Hamilton Letters: The Naples Dispatches of William Hamilton (Ed) John A Davis and Giovanni Capuano ROGERCROWLEY The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs,Ottomans and the Battle for Europe Andrew Wheatcroft JOHNADAMSON The Long Parliament of Charles II Annabel Patterson TOBYBARNARD God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland Micheáál ÓÓ Siochrúú CHRISTOPHERCOKER The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War David Halberstam

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PETERJONES Philip II of Macedonia Ian Worthington DONALDRAYFIELD Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin’s ‘Iron Fist’ J Arch Getty and Oleg V Naumov ALLANMASSIE The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of his Lost Library Marcus Tanner LUCYWOODING Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I Stephen Alford

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JOHNCORNWELL The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science Norman Doidge JOHNGRAY Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition Richard Holloway

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DOMINICSANDBROOK Alpha Dogs: How Political Spin Became a Global Business James Harding ADRIANWEALE War PLC: The Rise of the New Corporate Mercenary Stephen Armstrong SIMONHEFFER What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism Philip Delves Broughton

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PETERWASHINGTON The Seven Lives of John Murray: The Story of a Publishing Dynasty Humphrey Carpenter FRANCISKING So I Have Thought of You: The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald (Ed)Terence Dooley JANERIDLEY Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough Richard Davenport-Hines VALERIEGROVE Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter Jenni Murray ANDREWLYCETT Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope Kirsten Ellis JOHNMARTINROBINSON Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone Vaughan Hart

Editor: NANCYSLADEK Deputy Editor: TOMFLEMING Editor-at-Large: JEREMYLEWIS Editorial Assistant: JONATHANBECKMAN

Contributing Editors: SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARE, PHILIPWOMACK Advertising Manager: TERRYFINNEGAN Classified Advertising: DAVIDSTURGE Founding Editor: DRANNESMITH Founding Father: AUBERONWAUGH Cover illustration by Chris Riddell Issue no. 357

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