More Noted Things

Our colleague, Sharon Howard, who founded History Carnival, will host History Carnival L at Early Modern Notes on Thursday 15 March. Send your nominations of the best in history blogging since 1 March to her at sharon*at*earlymodernweb* dot*org*dot*uk or use the form.

Julian Barnes,"The Odd Couple," NYRB, 29 March, reviews Robert and Isabel Tombs, That Sweet Enemy: The French and the British from the Sun King to the Present.

James MacPherson,"What Did He Really Think About Race?" NYRB, 29 March, reviews James Oakes, The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics. See also: Oakes,"Oh No, the Dreaded Question: Is My Book Relevant," HNN, 12 March. Thanks to Alfredo Perez at Political Theory Daily Review for the tips.

David Smith,"Historians Clash Over Churchill ‘Anti-Semitism'," Guardian, 11 March, discusses the disagreement between Richard Toye and Martin Gilbert over an unpublished article by Winston Churchill. Memo to Churchill: be more careful about who you hire as a ghostwriter.