Europe 1517–1648 A Life · eval sources and a 300-year tableau—and yet researched with the...

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ANDREW ROBERTSNapoleonA LifeWritten by an award-winning historian, this is the first single-volume, cradle-to-grave biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon’s thirty-three thousand surviving letters, which radically transform our understanding of this extraordinary man.“An epically scaled new biography....Roberts brilliantly conveys the sheer energy and presence of Napoleon the organizational and military whirlwind.”—The New York Times Book Review“A huge, rich, deep, witty, humane and unapologetically admiring biography that is a pleasure to read....To dive into Roberts’s new book is to understand—indeed, to feel—why this peculiarly brilliant Corsican managed for so long to dazzle the world.” —Dan Jones, The Telegraph (UK)VIKING HARDCOVER • 976 PP. • 978-0-670-02532-9 • $45.00

ARTHUR WELLESLEY, THE DUKE OF WELL INGTONMilitary DispatchesEDITED AND INTRODUCED BY CHARLES ESDAILE

Long viewed as classics of military literature, these dispatches follow the epic campaign of the British against Napoleon in Wellington’s own words, telling the story of the con-flict from its desperate beginnings in Portugal to the final triumph at Waterloo.PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 480 PP. • 978-0-14-139431-2 • $17.00

A. N . WILSONVictoriaA LifeWilson’s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, including countless letters and journals, to shed new light on one of the most recognizable and enigmatic monarchs of all time.“Wilson’s [biography of Queen Victoria] may be the best I have read....Not merely a persuasive, unsentimental but admiring and engaging portrait of the great woman herself, but a vivid account of the world in which she lived and to which she contributed so much.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post“[An] engaging biography....Mr. Wilson takes on the long journey of the queen’s life with an assured, affectionate portrait written in accessible prose.”—The Wall Street JournalPENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER • 624 PP. • 978-1-59420-599-6 • $36.00

DAVID CARPENTER , translatorMagna CartaCOMMENTARIES BY THE TRANSLATOR

A forceful new translation accompanied by extensive commentary that sheds new light on this illustrious legal document, marking the 800th anniversary of its creation.PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 592 PP. • 978-0-241-95337-2 • $25.00

MARK GREENGRASSChristendom DestroyedEurope 1517–1648PENGUIN HISTORY OF EUROPE SERIES

A fascinating study of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, when dramatic changes led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and politi-cal frameworks of Western Europe as we know it.“To my knowledge, there is no other comparably comprehensive survey of the period that so clearly and effectively brings all the latest scholarship to bear.”—Jotham Parsons, Duquesne University“Mark Greengrass succeeds brilliantly in bringing to life a vanished world that is consistently strange and surprising...even as he encourages us to recognise the ways in which it prefigures our own”—Peter Marshall, Literary ReviewVIKING HARDCOVER • 752 PP. • 978-0-670-02456-8 • $45.00

DAN JONESThe Wars of the RosesThe Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the TudorsIn this dramatic narrative history, historian Dan Jones describes how the longest- reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors.“Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history....There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytell-ing.”—The Sunday TelegraphVIKING HARDCOVER • 416 PP. • 978-0-670-02667-8 • $36.00

The PlantagenetsThe Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made EnglandJones resurrects the unruly royal dynasty that preceded the Tudors and produced some of England’s best and worst kings in this epic account of the era of chivalry and the Black Death, the Knights Templar, the founding of parliament, and the Hundred Years’ War.“An engaging and readable account—itself an accomplishment given the gaps in medi-eval sources and a 300-year tableau—and yet researched with the exacting standards of an academician. The result is an enjoyable, often harrowing journey through a bloody, insecure era in which many of the underpinnings of English kingship and Anglo-Amer-ican constitutional thinking were formed.”—The Washington PostPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 560 PP. • 978-0-14-312492-4 • $18.00

PAUL STROHMChaucer’s Tale1386 and the Road to CanterburyAn eye-opening story of the birth of one of the most celebrated literary creations of the English language, this lively microbiography of Chaucer tells the story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury Tales.“Strohm, one of the finest medievalists of our time, brings [a] turbulent moment in Chaucer’s England to life, recovering in vivid detail the professional and creative pil-grimage that led Chaucer to compose so memorable a fictional one.”—James Shapiro, Columbia UniversityVIKING HARDCOVER • 304 PP. • 978-0-670-02643-2 • $28.95 P E N G U I N P U B L I S H I N G G R O U P

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JERRY BROTTONA History of the World in 12 MapsBeginning with Ptolemy’s Geography and ending with the satellite-powered behemoth of Google Earth, Brotton examines a dozen world maps from around the globe and through the centuries to trace the long road to our present geographical reality.“[A] fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer’s art.”—The Guardian (UK)VIKING HARDCOVER • 544 PP. • 978-0-14-312602-7 • $20.00

NEIL MacGREGORShakespeare’s Restless World: Portrait of an EraA brilliant work of historical reconstruction, Shakespeare’s Restless World sheds light on twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare’s universe. “Neil MacGregor offers sparkling insights into Shakespeare’s times and how the Elizabethans really lived....Filled with anecdotes and insights, eerie, funny, poignant and grotesque.” —Sunday Times (London)PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 336 PP. • 978-0-14-312594-5 • $22.00

ROY ADK INS and LESLEY ADK INSJane Austen’s EnglandDaily Life in the Georgian and Regency PeriodsOffering a fascinating new view of the great novelist’s time, this wide-ranging and richly detailed social history of English culture draws upon a wide array of contemporary sources to chart the daily lives of both the gentry and the commoners, providing a vivid cultural snapshot of how people worked, played, and struggled to survive.PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 448 PP. • 978-0-14-312572-3 • $17.00

BORIS JOHNSONThe Churchill Factor: How One Man Made HistoryFrom London’s inimitable mayor, the story of how Churchill’s eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own.“There is much to commend in this spirited, entertaining tale. Johnson deftly weaves his narrative between war, politics and personal life.”—The Guardian (UK)RIVERHEAD HARDCOVER • 384 PP. • 978-1-59463-302-7 • $27.95

THOMAS GOETZThe RemedyRobert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure TuberculosisThe riveting history of the world’s most lethal disease, the two men whose lives it tragi-cally intertwined, and the birth of medical science.“Weaves the suspense of a Sherlock Holmes mystery into a tale of ambition, obsession, scientific discovery and skepticism at the dawn of modern medicine.”—Discover Magazine“Highly entertaining, interesting, and thought-provoking.”—Boston GlobeGOTHAM PAPERBACK • 320 PP. • 978-1-59240-917-4 • $17.00

JONA OBERSK IChildhoodTRANSLATED BY RALPH MANHEIM • AFTERWORD BY JIM SHEPARD

A rediscovered masterpiece: an unblinking view of the Holocaust through a child’s eyes.“A book which will shock every reader with a heart.”—Isaac Bashevis Singer, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteraturePENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 112 PP. • 978-0-14-310741-5 • $14.00

DAVID LASK INThe Family: A Journey into the Heart of the Twentieth CenturyAn epic work of twentieth-century history through the riveting story of one extraordi-nary Jewish family.“What a story! Scholars and scribes, Zionists and revolutionaries, Holocaust martyrs and the inventors of the Maidenform bra all march through these pages. The Family is the twentieth-century history of the Jews writ small.”—Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis UniversityPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 400 PP. • 978-0-14-312589-1 • $17.00

MICHAEL BURLE IGHSmall Wars, Faraway PlacesGlobal Insurrection and the Making of the Modern World, 1945–1965Drawing from new archival research, prize-winning historian Michael Burleigh ex-amines the many, largely forgotten, “hot” wars fought around the world in the decades following World War II.“A well-researched and readable account of two tumultuous decades....Burleigh has syn-thesized a wide range of material to create a valuable introduction to the political and military events of the early Cold War.”—The New York Times Book ReviewPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 608 PP. • 978-0-14-312595-2 • $20.00

ARMAND MARIE LERO IThe Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented ScienceA noted biologist examines Aristotle’s little known but remarkable contributions to natu-ral science.“One of the most inspired and inspiring [reappraisals] I have read....Leroi’s ambitious aim is to return Aristotle to the pantheon of biology’s greats, alongside Charles Darwin and Carl Linnaeus. He has achieved it.”—NatureVIKING HARDCOVER • 512 PP. • 978-0-670-02674-6 • $27.95

SIMON SCHAMARembrandt’s EyesInterweaving the few known facts of the Dutch master’s life with fully illustrated explo-rations of his work and his age, this dazzling, unconventional biography shows us why, more than three centuries after his death, Rembrandt continues to exert such a hold on our imagination.“Impassioned and learned, expansive and discursive. Rembrandt’s Eyes not only leaves us with a fierce appreciation of the artist’s work but also immerses us inexorably in his world.”—The New York TimesPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 768 PP. • 978-0-14-197953-3 • $35.00

STEPHEN KOTK INStalinVolume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928The product of a decade of intrepid research, Stalin recasts the way we think about the Soviet Union, revolution, dictatorship, the twentieth century, and the art of history itself.“Masterly....Kotkin has given us a textured, gripping examination of the foundational years of the man most responsible for the construction of the Soviet state in all its brutal glory.”—The New York Times Book ReviewPENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER • 976 PP. • 978-1-59420-379-4 • $40.00

IAN BURUMAYear ZeroA History of 1945A work of enormous range and stirring human drama that reconstructs the global trans-formations that took place in both Asia and Europe.“A brilliant recreation of that decisive year of victory and defeat, chaos and humiliation, concentrating on peoples, not states. Gripping, poignant and unsparing, Year Zero is worthy of its author in being at home in both Europe and Asia.”—Fritz SternPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 384 PP. • 978-0-14-312597-6 • $17.00

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARAN ECONOMIST, TIMES (UK), AND KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2013A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE

TONY JUDTWhen the Facts ChangeEssays, 1995–2010EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY JENNIFER HOMANS

A great thinker’s final testament: a characteristically wise and forthright collection of essays spanning a career of extraordinary intellectual engagement. Included are Judt’s thoughts on Europe as an idea and in reality, before 1989 and thereafter; Israel, the Holocaust, and the Jews; American hyperpower and the world after 9/11; and issues of social inclusion and social justice in an age of increasing inequality. PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER • 400 PP. • 978-1-59420-600-9 • $29.95

ADAM TOOZEThe DelugeThe Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916–1931A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath.“Epic in scope, boldly argumentative, deftly interweaving military and economic narra-tives, The Deluge is a splendid interpretive history.”—The New York Times Book Review VIKING HARDCOVER • 672 PP. • 978-0-670-02492-6 • $40.00

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