ALINA SELYUKH, HOST: Simon Sebag Montefiore's book "The World" investigates the history of humanity through families - the Caesars and Borgias, the Kims and Tudors, Roosevelts and the House of Saud.

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Smithsonian's picks for the best history books of 2024 include The Barn, Eden Undone and The Wide Wide Sea. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz. As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary ...

→ “Papyrus” is a lively history of books in the ancient world; From the October 29th 2022 edition. Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents.

Arelatively recent trend gives history books titles and subtitles that make overweening claims—what one critic parodied as “the cheese that changed the world.” But David Gibbins is not ...

Since World War II, ... Perhaps that’s what justifies the title of Richard Kerbaj’s “The Secret History of the Five Eyes,” a book that draws largely from public sources, ...

MONTEFIORE: Simon Sebag Montefiore - his new book, "The World: A Family History Of Humanity," accompanied by a playlist on Spotify. Thanks so much for being with us. SIMON: Always lovely to talk ...