An engaging account of how Michelangelo’s art was viewed in its own time.
An exploration of cannibal monsters and ghouls that feast on human flesh.
The life and music of Maurice Ravel, a fascinating mind in a turbulent age.
A provocative account of how subjective experience rules society today.
A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years
A riposte to the widely accepted belief that museum collections are illegitimately acquired.
An immersive, beautifully illustrated journey through medieval manuscript production.
Provides new insights into the influential, yet enigmatic intellectual Jean Baudrillard.
A revealing portrait of Romantic writer, composer and public figure E.T.A. Hoffmann.
An illuminating journey through Iceland’s music history.
A history of how we came to know that the earth is round, rather than flat.
An exposé of Russia’s most notorious mercenary army, and the future of warfare.