contents november 2017 • issue 459
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diary 5 Allan Massie literary lives 6 John Gray
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World Maya Jasanoff 8 Elaine Showalter
The Letter of Sylvia Plath: Volume I, 1940–1956 Peter K Steinberg & Karen V Kukil (edd)
art 10 Charles Darwent
Calder: The Conquest of Time – The Early Years, 1898–1940 Jed Perl 11 Rachel Cohen
The Militant Muse: Love, War & the Women of Surrealism Whitney Chadwick 13 Dominic Green
Grand Illusions: American Art & the First World War David M Lubin hot topics 14 Piers Brendon
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: A History of Now Michael Burleigh 15 Richard Cockett
Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence & the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’ Francis Wade history 16 Levi Roach
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey 17 Linda Porter
Lady Fanshawe’s Receipt Book Lucy Moore 19 Sarah Fraser
The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach Matthew Dennison 20 Kenneth O Morgan
Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State Chris Renwick 21 Caroline Moorehead
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes of Everyday People Julia Boyd 22 Sarah Bradford
Queen Victoria’s Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe Deborah Cadbury
