Additionally Noted
Robert Irwin,"Onward Christian Soldiers," Literary Review, November, reviews Jonathan Phillips's Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades.
Tim Blanning,"High Notes," Literary Review, November, reviews Daniel Snowman's The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera.
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst,"The Arctic heart of darkness," TLS, 11 November, reviews Andrew Lambert's Franklin: Tragic hero of polar exploration and Glyn Williams's Arctic Labyrinth: The quest for the Northwest Passage.
Caryl Phillips,"The Explorer," TNR, 16 November, reviews Lafcadio Hearn's American Writings.