From the first issue of Lapham's Quarterly, Lewis H. Lapham on The Gulf of Time. From Ovi, Emanuel L. Paparella on a revolutionary new view of history and humanity. A review of The Roman Triumph by Mary Beard. Empire the West forgot: A review of Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin (and more and more). A review of The Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, 1206-1925 by Francis Robinson. A review of Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen (and more and more). A review of Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (and more and more). A review of Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783 by Brendan Simms. From TNR, utopia and calculation: A review of The Demands of Liberty: Civil Society in France Since the Revolution by Pierre Rosanvallon. A review of Storm and Conquest: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10 by Stephen Taylor. A review of Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 by Charles Esdaile. The first chapter from Garibaldi: Citizen of the World: A Biography by Alfonso Scirocco. A review of Towards the Light: a Story of the Struggle for Liberty and Rights that made the Modern West by A C Grayling. A review of The Time of the Rebels: Youth Resistance Movements and 21st Century Revolutions by Matthew Collin. The looking glasses war: The history of the past four decades has been writ large in spectacles: from the open, dreamy, spiritual circle to the narrow oblong of survival.
