Adam LeBor

2 weeks ago | thecritic.co.uk | Adam LeBor

This article is taken from the May 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. Nations are born in blood. Italy’s Risorgimento, its uprising against its foreign rulers and their local allies, finally ended in 1871 after Rome was declared the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. It came at high cost — a series of savage intermittent civil wars over many years.

3 weeks ago | kirkusreviews.com | Adam LeBor

Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. During that time, enrolled members of the Osage Indian nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. The rich oil fields beneath their reservation brought millions of dollars into the tribe annually, distributed to tribal members holding "headrights" that could not be bought or sold but only inherited.

1 month ago | arlingtonmagazine.com | Jennifer Rothschild |Gabe Henry |Jessica Slice |Adam LeBor

Spring is here! The cherry blossoms have peaked, baseball is underway and whether you’re going to the beach or your couch, it’s time to stockpile a few books for spring break. T.S. Elliot opened The Wasteland by declaring April to be the cruelest month, but with this many great books coming out, we have to disagree! Fiction Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage Picture it: Miami, 1980s. Four beloved sitcom characters have to solve a murder to free one of their own.

1 month ago | thecritic.co.uk | Adam LeBor

This article is taken from the April 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. Back in 2010 I was reporting from a former Tsarist barracks that had been turned into a highly classified NATO military base. Estonia, one of the world’s most wired countries, was a natural choice to host the West’s cyber-defence hub — especially as it had been hit by a serious cyber-attack a few years earlier.

1 month ago | thecritic.co.uk | Adam LeBor

This article is taken from the March 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. It’s always a pleasure to see a promising series mature on its second or third outing. I enjoyed the first season of The Night Agent when it came out in spring 2023. Based on a thriller by Matthew Quirk, a former reporter at the Atlantic magazine, it neatly showcased his insider knowledge of Washington DC’s murky corridors of power.