Of all the impulses that may drive someone to add yet another book to the colossal literature on Winston Churchill, one that quietly throws singular light on Churchill’s sober grasp ...

Sir Winston Churchill’s four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples may not be on many lists of must-read books anymore, but those of us who spent rainy afternoons and quiet evenings ...

Every generation christens its own favored Civil War book, almost by clockwork. Twenty-five years ago, James McPherson brought forth his richly awarded and eminently readable Battle Cry of Freedom, just ...

Translating makes a dirty, thankless business — except, of course, to those for whom the work is its own reward. The translator stands to readers rather as the piano player ...

Among the founding fathers of the top tier, James Madison takes the honor as the one we know the least about. We recall that he’s the “Father of the Constitution,” ...