Two Island Narratives, Part II: Sapelo

Overflowing with Detail: Jacqueline Rider’s Jacobites

Episodic History: Bryan’s Picks

Inexorable Fate: Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom Series

Greater than Its Parts: The Prospect of Global History

Byzantium Ascendant: Peter Frankopan’s The First Crusade

A Valiant Effort: Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur (2004)

Just Stop: Brian Kilmeade’s Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

Crucible of the World: Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Roads