Absorbing, tender portraits reclaim history from early nineteenth-century Yorkshire to Golden Age Boston to twentieth-century Paris. Janet Somerville is the author of “Yours, for Probably Alway ...

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. By Alida Becker Curl up ... By Daniel Nieh 4 New Novels Brimming With Historical Drama In the hands of skilled novelists, the stories of ...

(Hamish Hamilton) Jodi Picoult’s first foray into historical fiction sees the best-selling author ask us to consider: what if Shakespeare wasn’t who he thought he was? What if he was actually ...