Grato a meu bom amigo Stelio Amarante.
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
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Welcome to the Spectator Books weekly email. This week’s section leads with Roland Elliott Brown’s appraisal of three new bookstied to this year’s anniversary of the Russian Revolution – including Victor Sebestyen’s intimate portrait of Vladimir Lenin. Andy Miller, meanwhile, considers another of the great dictators, Tharg the Mighty, who has presided over the retro-futuristic world of 2000AD comic for forty years. We have diplomacy as well as dictatorship: Ian Thomson considers the reputation of one wily old fox, Machiavelli; while Jane Ridley takes on the story of Talleyrand’s years in London. Luther’s latest biographer, Peter Stanford, discusses Eamon Duffy’s brilliant new book on the Reformation – and Mick Brown looks at the rackety life of that bard of the tea-towel, Kahlil Gibran. There’s a great crop of new fiction too, from Boualem Sansal’s dystopian update of Orwell, 2084, to an intriguing Japanese novel about a family of polar bears… via new work from Susan Hill, Michael Fishwick and Dorthe Nors. And, on the podcast, Machiavelli’s biographer Erica Benner joins me to ask: how Machiavellian was Machiavelli? I hope you enjoy the issue.
Sam Leith Literary Editor, The Spectator |
| Roland Elliott BrownHe even viewed the starvation of countless peasants as a ‘progressive element’ in weakening the Tsar, says Victor Sebestyen. Read more | Andy MillerA glorious compendium of 40 years of the sci-fi comic is a must for all fans of Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and Strontium Dog. Read more |
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Brian MartinThe novelist Boualem Sansal foresees the universal caliphate becoming a grim reality within the next two generations. Read more | Matthew DennisonThe lonely heroine of From the Heart is destined for ordinariness — until she stops second-guessing other people’s feelings. Read more |
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Peter StanfordMore clearly saw the need to reform the Church from within, says Eamon Duffy — who mourns the death of ‘Erasmian England’. Read more | Ian ThomsonDespite Erica Benner’s best efforts, Machiavelli still emerges as a master of opportunism, cunning and deception. Read more |
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Richard FrancisHis rebellious hero is uprooted to the country — and is entranced by folklore surrounding the appearance of a white hare. Read more | Jane RidleyLecturing and table-banging were never his style, says Linda Kelly. But charm and warmth and shrewdness were. Read more |
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Lee LangleyYoko Tawada’s surreal new novel fizzes with ideas about exile, migration, fame and love. Read more | Suzi FeayHer life seems at an impasse, and she’s continually being yelled at by her driving instructor. Can she change gear in time? Read more |
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Mick BrownMillions the world over have drawn comfort from his mysticism. But Gibran’s private life was not quite so uplifting. Read more | Sam LeithErica Benner discusses her new Life of Machiavelli, Be Like The Fox. Listen here |
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