The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia’s much-feared crime class: the vory v zakoneMark Galeotti is the go-to expert on o...
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task...