Fourteen books published in November that meet my exacting criteria (of being history, not too academic, and not too niche or military). It looks like a fairly traditional range of topics: Weimar Germany, Russian revolution, French revolution, a bit of Rome - but a few books with less familiar themes too.
Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links to Amazon if you like to buy your books there.
![Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0197633099.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1803995416.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1649031637.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1108839290.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0300256647.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Kings of Algiers: How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World During the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond The Kings of Algiers: How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World During the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0691230153.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1324093463.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Children of Athena: Greek Writers and Thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC- AD 400 The Children of Athena: Greek Writers and Thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC- AD 400](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1803281952.02._SCM_.jpg)
![A Nasty Little War: The Western Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution A Nasty Little War: The Western Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1529326761.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1529065828.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Battle for the Island Kingdom: The Struggle for England's Destiny 1000-1066 Battle for the Island Kingdom: The Struggle for England's Destiny 1000-1066](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/147285893X.02._SCM_.jpg)
![A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0241530849.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748β1789 The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748β1789](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0713996560.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Alexandria: The City that Changed the World Alexandria: The City that Changed the World](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1529377587.02._SCM_.jpg)
One or two I would like to get for Christmas are:
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The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748β1789, by Robert Darnton - looking at how the idea of revolution became thinkable in Paris in the decades leading up to 1789, with novel mass media playing a key role.
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The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism, by Ana Lucia Araujo - telling the story of slavey and subjegation through luxury gifts. This seems like a different and interesting way into the subject.
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Battle for the Island Kingdom: The Struggle for England's Destiny 1000-1066, by Don Hollway - I always struggle to remember just how it was that the Norwegians arrived, saw and conquered and then somehow got replaced by some Anglo-Saxons kings. This book looks like an entertaining refresher.