Adam LeBor

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Adam LeBor

One evening in the winter of 1991, I was having dinner in Zagreb with fellow foreign correspondents.

3 weeks ago | danubeinstitute.hu | Adam LeBor

Adam LeBor, our Deputy Director of Research gave an interview to the Hungarian Conservative about his new book, The Last Days of Budapest A Conversation with Adam LeBor The Hungarian Conservative sat down with the British author-journalist, a former war correspondent for The Times and The Independent and a fervent admirer of our capital, to talk about the first English-language, non-fiction account of Budapest throughout the Second World War.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

2 months 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.