Julian Elfer

72 books

The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy by Paul Strathern

The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy

Italian Histories

Paul Strathern

400 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements

A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun

Brief History of Asia

Jonathan Clements

304 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Cities That Shaped the Ancient World by John Julius Norwich

Cities That Shaped the Ancient World

John Julius Norwich

240 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts by Odd Arne Westad, Jussi M. Hanhimäki

The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts

Odd Arne Westad, Jussi M. Hanhimäki

712 pages • 2003

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad

The Cold War: A World History

Odd Arne Westad

710 pages • 2017

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Dead by Christian Kracht

The Dead

Christian Kracht

208 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction historical tense slow-paced
Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome by Guy de la Bédoyère

Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome

Guy de la Bédoyère

408 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

The Drowned World

J.G. Ballard

198 pages • hardcover • 1962

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous slow-paced
The Escape of Jack the Ripper: The Full Truth About the Cover-up and His Flight from Justice by Jonathan Hainsworth, Christine Ward-Agius

The Escape of Jack the Ripper: The Full Truth About the Cover-up and His Flight from Justice

Jonathan Hainsworth, Christine Ward-Agius

304 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction true crime dark slow-paced
The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East by Nicholas Morton

The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East

Nicholas Morton

236 pages • 2018

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced