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Examines the decade from Dien Bien Phu to the mid-1960s, when France shifted from an agrarian, insular society to a decolonized, Americanized and indu

Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolut

Using the concept of the everyday as a lever for social transformation

TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE?

'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' Wall Street Journal The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful