Keiron Pim's biography of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century is a dark story, movingly told
By David Herman
Jews in John Boyne's work are reduced to landscape rather than real characters
Jaren Ziegler, Dora Fidler and Isaac Reuben, all 17, have been shortlisted for writing and music awards
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, the founder of America’s flagship feminist Ms magazine, has written a wonderfully uncompromising book
It’s hard to disagree with human rights lawyer Adam Wagner when he writes in his new book that 'British society became as close to a police state as in living memory' when coronavirus struck
Orlando Figes' new work is a truly incisive and important dissection of this country's troubled past
Widow, 89, reveals how the pair unveiled the full, uncensored story of the massacre to the world
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Moving story told in pictures mixing maps, drawings and moving family photographs
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A detailed, absorbing book that peels back the complexities of histories to reclaim this figure for a new generation
By Colin Shindler
From the transformation of Dickens' Fagin from contemptible villain to genial personality of the musical stage, the history of Jews and fiction has seen plenty of twists and turns
By Gerald Jacobs
The horrors of the Holocaust brought shudderingly to life from the point of view of a small child who could barely read or recognise numbers
By Jenni Frazer
Fascinating chronicle of the Nazi-occupied French capital shows how the most everyday issues seem more important than the biggest historical issues of the day
Critics attacked John Boyne's 2006 novel for obscuring the historical reality of the Holocaust. Now he's back with a follow-up
Tidhar's blockbuster work shows us the thieves, the tramps, the prostitutes, the violence, filth and corruption underlying the good behind the Zionist dream
A gripping chronicle of Soviet life in wartime and an indispensable companion piece to the author's other works
Amazon's blockbuster production is as close as television gets to the cinematic but after two episodes, for all the superb special effects, acting, music and costumes, we are left wondering where this journey is taking us
By Josh Howie
