• Gothic Wonder by Paul Binski. This richly illustrated study sheds new light on one of the greatest periods in English art. It traces the impact of 14th-century English art in continental Europe and the literary uses of the architectural in works by Geoffrey Chaucer and others. (Yale University Press, December 9)
    Gothic Wonder by Paul Binski. This richly illustrated study sheds new light on one of the greatest periods in English art. It traces the impact of 14th-century English art in continental Europe and the literary uses of the architectural in works by Geoffrey Chaucer and others. (Yale University Press, December 9)
  • And She Was by Alison Gaylon. When Brenna Spector was a child, her sister stepped into a strange car and was never seen again. The event triggered a disorder that allows her to remember every detail of her life apart from this moment. Now working as a missing persons investigator, a case brings up this troubled past. (Sphere, December 4)
    And She Was by Alison Gaylon. When Brenna Spector was a child, her sister stepped into a strange car and was never seen again. The event triggered a disorder that allows her to remember every detail of her life apart from this moment. Now working as a missing persons investigator, a case brings up this troubled past. (Sphere, December 4)
  • Frontline Ukraine by Richard Sakwa. The turmoil in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of another Cold War. This book is the first full account of the crisis between Russia and the West and explains the origins, developments and global significance of the battle for Crimea. (I B Tauris, December 18)
    Frontline Ukraine by Richard Sakwa. The turmoil in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of another Cold War. This book is the first full account of the crisis between Russia and the West and explains the origins, developments and global significance of the battle for Crimea. (I B Tauris, December 18)
  • The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour. Based on the Persian legend of Zal, an albino raised by a bird, this novel spans the two years before 9/11. Here Zal finds himself far away from Iran in New York. An air of foreboding ripples through the book and it seems the characters, and city, are on a path to ­devastation. (Bloomsbury Circus, December 4)
    The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour. Based on the Persian legend of Zal, an albino raised by a bird, this novel spans the two years before 9/11. Here Zal finds himself far away from Iran in New York. An air of foreboding ripples through the book and it seems the characters, and city, are on a path to ­devastation. (Bloomsbury Circus, December 4)

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A look at what book we’re reading this week including Gothic Wonder by Paul Binski and Frontline Ukraine by Richard Sakwa.

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