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22 Oct 2014:
This biography is not an etiology of evil, nor a study in power for its own sake. Stalin was driven by deeply held convictions, writes Sheila Fitzpatrick
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20 Oct 2014: Leo Benedictus: Did the Radio 4 presenter really go cruising in lay-bys? Is he actually friends with atheist-in-chief Richard Dawkins? And how accurate is his Wikipedia entry? Britain’s top media vicar Googles himself
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19 Oct 2014:
This book offers a different take on genealogy: part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part social history, writes Ben Highmore
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19 Oct 2014: Academic best known for his biographies of classic English writers including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Robert Browning
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19 Oct 2014: Sofka Zinovieff’s tale of Lord Berners and his lover is packed with money, sex, secrets and bad blood, writes Rachel Cooke
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19 Oct 2014:
His career has been as extraordinary as his live shows, surviving boycotts, riots and the scandal of marrying his 13-year-old cousin. An extract from Rick Bragg’s biography
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19 Oct 2014: Helen Castor’s attempt to put Joan of Arc in context impresses, even if its subject remains elusive, writes Lara Feigel
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17 Oct 2014: Bettina Stangneth's disturbing account of Adolf Eichmann's years in exile reveals the full extent of his cynicism, inhumanity and moral self-deception. By Richard J Evans
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16 Oct 2014:
Love turns to loss and Lear blurs with real life in this poignant account of the actor and political activist's late years, writes Simon Callow
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15 Oct 2014: From the architects who built the postwar world to the writers who predicted its horrors, John Grindrod selects the books that best evoke the postwar pioneering spirit
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15 Oct 2014:
The former Communards musician and gay icon's autobiography is as colourful as it is candid, writes Chris Bryant
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15 Oct 2014:
The 'only truly terrifying singer rock'n'roll has ever known' keeps it honest and defies his own stereotype. By John Harris
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12 Oct 2014: John Crace reduces the latest round of reminiscence from the actor, QI host and tech-ambassador to a jolly good 600 words
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12 Oct 2014: Former German chancellor critical of royal family and says Margaret Thatcher used to fall asleep at summits
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12 Oct 2014:
No salacious detail of her love affairs is spared in an infuriating new life of Vita Sackville-West, writes Rachel Cooke
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