Kate Summerscale's new history is her most empathetic work to date

The war is still steeped in cosy memories

A new history tells us much about power relations between men and women—from Samuel Richardson to The Game

A lyrical travel book focusses on the two lakes that divide and connect North Macedonia, Albania and Greece

The novelists' hyperbole is unintentionally funny

A new book combines medical memoir with interviews with doctors

Sophie Ratcliffe is a self-confessed lover of small things

Simon Jenkins's new history of Europe is peppered with counter-intuitive takes

City of Light tells the story of the French capital's 19th century reinvention