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Advancing through fear and violence, amassing wealth and power, the Blood dynasty embodied the untamed spirits of a young nation.

By John Banville

Also featuring The Bullet: A Memoir by Tom Lee and Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter by Kat Hill.

By Michael Prodger, Will Dunn, Megan Kenyon and Sophie McBain

The great tragedians’ writings on suffering, stigma and survival can help guide our own struggles with assisted dying.

By Rowan Williams

Informed by the novelist’s fight against Fascism in Italy, Her Side of the Story is a remarkable investigation into selfhood.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Andy Beckett’s The Searchers charts the rise and fall of Tony Benn’s heirs, but fails to confront the obstinacy and…

By Jonathan Rutherford

This year’s Wisden almanack describes a game in desperate pursuit of both profit and purpose.

By Peter Williams

Three accounts of women who met male brutality on its own terms reveal the limits of justice – both within…

By Megan Gibson