Reviews of nonfiction history, biography, and autobiography
Classical & Medieval Eras
The Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters – Scott G. Bruce, ed. (mythology & folklore, literature, paranormal)
The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet Crown by Nick Barratt (royalty, Plantagenets, Great Britain)
The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton (cultural studies, mythology & folklore, witchcraft and witch trials)
Renaissance & Reformation Eras
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis (biography, Great Britain, royalty, Tudors)
Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Life of the Countess of Leicester: The Romance and Conspiracy that Threatened Queen Elizabeth’s Court by Nicola Tallis (biography, Great Britain, royalty, Tudors)
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire by Laurence Bergreen (voyages of discovery, Great Britain, Tudors)
A Magical World: Superstition and Science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment by Derek K. Wilson (science, philosophy, religion, magic)
Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma Hollman (royalty, Great Britain, witchcraft allegations)
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch (biography, Great Britain, English Reformation, Tudors)
Victorian & Edwardian Eras
Edward VII: The Prince of Wales and the Women He Loved by Catharine Arnold (biography, Great Britain, royalty)
The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Strauss-Schom (biography, France, Second French Empire)
Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power by Claudia Renton (biography, Great Britain, aristocracy)
20th Century & Current Affairs
The Last Queen: Elizabeth II’s Seventy Year Battle to Save the House of Windsor by Clive Irving (British Royal Family)
Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman by Robert Hardman (British Royal Family)