In History That India Ignored, Prem Prakash, India's oldest working journalist and an eyewitness to some of the subcontinent's most defining moments, mounts a frontal challenge to the official, ...

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. “And once on the case, you want to know more and more and ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you the best historical fiction of 2025, books with “Hamnet” vibes, our latest reviews, novels that transport you to the 18th century, thrilling ...