History-writing as Art: Part 2

Explore the artistry of history-writing with our curated list of masterful books. Discover how historians blend fact and narrative to craft compelling stories of the past.

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House of Meetings

by Martin Amis

Relates the tale of two brothers and a Jewish girl in a Russian slave labor camp in 1946.
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Remembering John Paul

by Peggy Noonan

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Intellectuals

 

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The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.
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Citizens

by Simon Schama

In this New York Times bestseller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view …
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Sexual Personae

by Camille Paglia

The fiery, provocative, and unparalleled work of feminist art criticism that launched the exceptional career of one of our most important public intellectuals—"a remarkable book, …
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