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

Paris Confidence vote: France seemed to be heading ...

Bayeux, France Tapestry turmoil: French art experts have ...

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

What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature