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She left academia behind to establish herself as a leading writer of highbrow fiction
Given the furore it created among antifeminist ‘defenders’ of Homer’s war epic, this new version is surprisingly traditionalist
Oliver Soden’s captivating and idiosyncratic biography detects the darkness hiding beneath the playwright’s cleverness
Filled with vivid vignettes and personal explorations, this is far from a conventional biography
This authorised biography is a flattering but essential portrait of one of the great playwrights of our age
The Booker-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy has made Thomas Cromwell into a character for our age
War and brutality belie the myth of a ‘new Camelot’ in Thomas Penn’s saga of royal rivalries
A new history of Reformation Languedoc casts light on the lives of ordinary women
A Tudor-Stuart saga obscures lessons about women’s agency and power
A series of poems on the life of St Francis of Assisi is scarce on facts but rich in imagination
A new biography promises to change our understanding of Tudor politics
Ahead of Sunday’s elections in Hungary, Kate Maltby visits her grandmother’s homeland
We should not pretend cultural reforms were ever ushered forth at the speed of a tweet
The first Elizabethans also lived in a time of cultural conflict and upheaval
Biological women still have experiences that define them as a group
George RR Martin’s fantasy world has its roots in medievalism — but how authentic are its Middle Ages?
A play depicting Julius Caesar as Donald Trump has lost sponsors and enraged the president’s supporters
Since Tudor times, civic grief has assisted with civic healing and should not be mocked
Government cuts have continued unrelentingly over the past seven years
Feminist historians are right to question the depiction of women as long-suffering
The portrayal of King Charles III is both topical and sensitive
A battle over an ousted theatre director has parallels with the election campaign
The devotional poems set believers and non-believers alight
One political heroine is getting a statue near parliament, but we need many more
Their classical allusions, however obscure, still mask a modern bite
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