Larson’s latest book is a chilling countdown of the steps and missteps in the five months between Lincoln’s election in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, when the Confederates shelled Fort ...

Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin ...

By Lucy Hughes-Hallett At the end of January 1645 – just three weeks after King Charles I’s favourite prelate, Archbishop ...

While Karissa Chen’s sweeping epic, “ Homeseeking ,” centers on war, love and family, more than anything it’s about the ...

Edward Hyde and Bulstrode Whitelocke were teenage pals, but ended up in opposite ranks. Minoo Dinshaw’s outstanding book ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The recent discovery of the family library of John Gray Blount Meyers has ...

Eamonn Duggan has delivered an excellent synopsis of Sean Moylan’s life, especially of the active years of 1918 to 1923 ...