To the barricades

When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors

With a strength of character that belied her fragile looks, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun pushed the boundaries of royal portraiture and, after the French Revolution, challenged the loss of female influence via every frill and fold in her work

What is America? And who is an American? These questions lie at the heart of Greg Grandin’s provocative new book, which also wrestles with a broader question: do the Americas, North and South, share a

Three accounts of modern liberalism

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

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