A Preponderance of Gold: Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age

Science versus Ignorance: Clio Barnard’s The Essex Serpent

Fable, Interrupted: Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick

When Losers Write History: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s Stony the Road

Alpha to Omega: Roderick Beaton’s The Greeks

Predatory Aliens: Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey

Parallels in History Part I: Weimar Germany and the Reconstruction South

Historical Infrastructure: Chris Wickham’s Medieval Europe

The Path Unchosen: Helmut Walser Smith’s Germany, A Nation in its Time