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february 2022 • issue 504
Editor Nancy Sladek Deputy Editor Tom Fleming Assistant Editor 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 D J Taylor
history 6 Lucy Moore
The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World Edward Shawcross 7 Bernard Porter
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom Ramachandra Guha 9 David N Myers
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust Jeffrey Veidlinger 10 Caroline Moorehead
The Island of Extraordinary Captives Simon Parkin 11 Freya Johnston
The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain Penelope J Corfield 13 Richard Cockett
White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery Thomas Harding
biography & memoir 14 Wendy Moore
In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon Helen Rappaport 15 Richard Davenport-Hines
Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick Cathy Curtis 16 Fran Bigman
Vivian Maier Developed: The Real Story of the Photographer Nanny Ann Marks 18 Susan Owens
Constable: A Portrait James Hamilton 19 Adam Sisman
Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut James Hanning • Beirut Spy: The St George Hotel Bar – International Intrigue in the Middle East Saïd K Aburish 21 Samantha Ellis
Smile: The Story of a Face Sarah Ruhl
natural world 22 Henry Gee
Otherlands: A World in the Making Thomas Halliday 23 Nigel Andrew
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth Ben Rawlence
