Lettres, agendas

Andrew Jackson’s new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals), the 158th (Accrington and Burnley) Br …

Somewhere in France represents a virtually unique archive of the First World War and the conditions under which ordinary soldiers lived. Through his father’s first-hand account, Geoffrey Whittaker ex …

Eliot is called upon to become the completely public man. He gives talks, lectures, readings and broadcasts, and even school prize-day addresses. As editor and publisher, his work is unrelenting, com …

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.Poig …

Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich store of monasteries and monastic art. Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of these anci …

‘Over and over again he warned me he would kill me if I told anyone. I was completely isolated. He made sure of that.’Mary was ten years old when she first met her stepfather, Sean Mc Darby. From the …

IB was one of the great affirmers of our time. John Banville, New York Review of Books The title of this final volume of Isaiah Berlin s letters is echoed by John Banville s verdict in his review of …