Book Reviews

Members Behaving Badly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary Rogues, by Debbie Kilroy

An exploration of British parliamentary history from 1603 to 1945 through the scandals, misconduct and crimes of rogue MPs.

Nicola Cornick

Offa: King of the Mercians, by Rory Naismith

A worthy re-evaluation of the reign of Offa, showing through varied evidence how his power shaped Mercia’s dominance and early English state formation.

Paul Bernardi

Devils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England’s Forgotten County, by Rory Waterman

An examination of Lincolnshire's folklore, tracing how legends like Yallery Brown and the Lincoln Imp have evolved over time through storytelling, embellishment, and cultural memory

Benjamin Peel

Shadow of a Queen, by Peter Tonkin

Robert Poley returns amid the intrigue surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots’s captivity in another of Peter Tonkin's depiction of plots and political tension in Elizabethan England.

Steven Veerapen

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No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One, by Andrew Lambert

As debate intensifies over Britain’s role in world security, Andrew Lambert offers a timely reassessment of the country’s 19th-century grand strategy.

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Shadow of a Queen, by Peter Tonkin

Robert Poley returns amid the intrigue surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots’s captivity in another of Peter Tonkin's depiction of plots and political tension in Elizabethan England.

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