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The Barbizon
By Paulina Bren
This otherwise informative history is hamstrung by its fixation on Sylvia Plath’s notorious suicide.
Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
By Fernando Cervantes
This detail-heavy work is impressive but short on new insights.
The Turning Point: 1851 — A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World
By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
A deftly wrought, limited glimpse of the canonical author’s life and environs.
A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House
By Jonathan W. White
A fascinating look at how our 16th president welcomed Black guests.
The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902
By Scott D. Seligman
A little-known story of poor Jewish women uniting to demand fairly priced fleishig.
A Worse Place Than Hell
By John Matteson
This laudable work is less an account of the 1862 clash than of five notable figures who served on or near the battlefield.
American Comics: A History
By Jeremy Dauber
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A detailed account of the rise, fall, and potential resurrection of graphic storytelling in the U.S.
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution
By Peter Longerich
A short but powerful addition to the Holocaust canon.
