Mary Albon

A new biography by Adam Sisman deciphers the coded life of novelist David CornwellDuplicity and betrayal are constant themes in the writing of “John Le Carré”, the pen name of Cold War tale-spinner David...

A master of the feuilleton, the author’s virtuosity is on full display on every page of this collection of newspaper essays about people and politics in Europe in the 1920s and 30sJoseph Roth was a...

Traveler, soldier, linguist, scholar, bon vivant, grand flaneur, Patrick Leigh Fermor was one of the greatest travel writers of the 20th century. Artemis Cooper recounts his peripatetic life with great affection and humor in...

Elisabeth de Waal’s The Exiles Return depicts the heartbreak of postwar homecomingElisabeth de Waal is a familiar name to readers of her grandson Edmund’s enthralling family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, which recounts...