Yale to publish new book on WikiLeaks
It’s one of the biggest news stories for years. A charismatic, white-haired Australian sets up a website devoted…
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February Book of the Month: ‘Ravel: A Life’ by Roger Nichols
This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French…
Religion, regimes and revolution: Discovering the Middle East
From Egypt and Dubai to Yemen and Palestine, Yale’s extensive range of newly-published books on the Middle East…
‘Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak’ shines a light on the Middle East’s least understood state
Tarek Osman has been making a name for himself with his authoritative book Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser…
Amanda Vickery: From Page to Screen
AMANDA VICKERY took the BBC by storm with her three-part history documentary series ‘At Home with The Georgians’….
From Returning Soldiers to Travelling Merchants: Yale triumphs at at Longman-History Today Awards
January has been a successful month for Yale University Press, as ALAN ALLPORT’s Demobbed: Coming Home After the…
Podcast: G. A. Bradshaw discusses ‘Elephants on the Edge’
G. A. BRADSHAW discusses her new book Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach us About Humanity with…
Author Article by Michael Slater: Charles Dickens – An Attempt on His Life
In Charles Dickens, MICHAEL SLATER draws upon a lifetime’s study to bring us a fascinating exploration of the…
Author Article by David Crystal: John Wayne or Eminem? Explaining Language to Younger Readers
In A Little Book of Language DAVID CRYSTAL sets out a lively narrative history of language aimed specifically at…
Author Article by Nicholas Thomas: How the empire brought invention, as well as exploitation, to the Pacific
Islanders is a compelling account of the lived experience of the empire in the Pacific, the last region to…
Author Article by Erik Levi: Mozart and the charade of fascist culture
In Mozart and the Nazis, ERIK LEVI reveals how the Third Reich sought to further the goals of…
Author Article by Ian Robertson: Mapping the Peninsular War
IAN ROBERTSON, author of An Atlas of the Peninsular War, reveals how he developed a passion for the…
Author Article by Amanda Vickery: Court of Public Opinion – Transcribing Georgian England
Historian and broadcaster AMANDA VICKERY reveals how Criminal Court transcripts can provide a uniquely personal insight into the…
Amanda Vickery, new BBC TV series
This autumn, the BBC will be showing a new series about Georgian private life, based around Amanda Vickery’s highly…
Book of the Month – December
FICTIONAL LONDON: Dickens’s Tales of the City From his earliest published stories to his last uncompleted novel, London…