Dinah Birch reviews Mary Beard's It's a Don's Life for the Guardian, 25 October. The book is a edition of Beard's work on her blog, It's a Don's Life, and the debates that have ensued there.
James Glanz, "Henry V's Greatest Victory Is Besieged by Academia," NYT, 24 October, reviews the debate about Agincourt. Silbey pursues the subject in "Agincourt & Iraq," Edge of the American West, 24 October.
Matthew Shaer, "Tackling Knut Hamsun," LA Times, 25 October, reviews Ingar Sletten Kolloen's Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter and Monika {Zcaron}agar's Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance.
David Oshinsky, "Picturing the Depression," NYT, 22 October, reviews Linda Gordon's Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits.