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april 2020 • issue 485
Editor Nancy Sladek Deputy Editor Tom Fleming Assistant Editors Frank Brinkley • David Gelber Contributing Editors Jonathan Beckman Michael Burleigh • Sara Wheeler • Philip Womack Editorial & Marketing Assistant Michael Delgado Marketing Manager Constance Watson Advertising Manager Terry Finnegan Classified Advertising David Sturge Founding Editor Dr Anne Smith Cover Illustration Chris Riddell
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diary 1 Norma Clarke
biography 6 William Doyle
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture Sudhir Hazareesingh 8 Jo hn Guy
Machiavelli: His Life & Times Alexander Lee 10 S eamus Perry
Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World Jonathan Bate 11 F reya Johnston
The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal & Seduction in Georgian England Emily Brand 12 Dominic Gr een
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time Craig Brown
tomorrow’s world 14 Mark Malloch-Brown
Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case Anatol Lieven 15 Jamie Bar tlett
Apocalypse How? Technology & the Threat of Disaster Oliver Letwin
new york journal 16 Adam Douglas
bricks & mortar 18 Kevin Jackson
Lives of Houses Kate Kennedy & Hermione Lee (edd) 20 Adr ian Tinniswood
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, & Power Deirdre Mask 21 Andr ew Hussey
Notre-Dame: The Soul of France Agnès Poirier
history 22 Linda Porter
Mary and Philip: The Marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain Alexander Samson 23 Dmit ri Levitin
The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment Michael Hunter
