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Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance
By Nikki M. Taylor
A scorching, stunning look at private revolts against bondage.
The Case of the Married Woman
By Antonia Fraser
A discarded wife demands equal protection under the law.
Letters for the Ages: The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill
Edited by James Drake and Allen Packwood
An edifying peek at what “Winny” wrote behind the scenes.
Saving Freud
By Andrew Nagorski
A riveting saga that belongs on the silver screen.
Beatrice’s Last Smile: A New History of the Middle Ages
By Mark Gregory Pegg
A winning antiquarian primer for the rest of us.
An outstanding exploration of artists as witnesses.
The Godmother
By Barbie Latza Nadeau
The lady gangsters of Italy don’t mess around.
The Fifth Act
By Elliot Ackerman
A painful, essential read from perhaps the only author who could’ve written it.
