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Disintegrating England
The English Soul:Faith of a Nationby peter ackroydreaktion books, 416 pages, $30 Peter Ackroyd is a major figure in contemporary English letters, a fluent and pleasing writer with dozens...
The Church’s Revolutions
Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francisby john t. mcgreevyw. w. norton, 528 pages, $35 In 1489 the Roman Catholic Church felt, and was, hemmed...
Divorce and Dissolution
The Dissolution of the Monasteries:A New Historyby james g. clarkyale university, 704 pages, $35 The closure of the eight hundred or so religious houses of medieval England and Wales...
The Mirrors and the Smoke
The Mirror and the Lightby hilary mantel henry holt, 784 pages, $30 The arrival of this final installment of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy, penned by “one of our most...
Loyal to Death
Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in Historyby richard j. evansoxford, 800 pages, $39.95 Walter Scott once observed that although astrology, which had enjoyed almost universal credit in the middle of...
Carry On, Plum
Jeeves and the King of Clubs: A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouseby ben schottlittle, brown, 320 pages, $27 Jeeves and the Wedding Bells: An Homage to P.G. Wodehouseby sebastian faulks...
The Monster’s Servant
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Lifeby diarmaid maccullochviking, 752 pages, $40 They said it could not be done. At least Sir Geoffrey Elton, to whose memory his former doctoral student has...
Steven Pinker’s Muscular Secularism
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progressby steven pinker viking, 576 pages, $35 Steven Pinker, as his blurb reminds us, has been reckoned by Time magazine...
A Church in Doubt
To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicismby ross douthatsimon and schuster, 256 pages, $26 It is beyond question that the Roman Catholic Church is currently...
Popery and Sedition
Gunpowdera miniseries created by ronan bennett, kit harrington, and daniel westbbc one Though its preeminence has been challenged in recent years, the Gunpowder Plot remains the most famous terrorist...
