Book reviewed in this issue
The Whisperers: private life in Stalins RussiaOrlando Figes
Reviewed by Konstantin Eggert
Allen Lane, £25
Tablet bookshop price £22.50
The Careful Use of ComplimentsAlexander McCall Smith
Reviewed by Anthony Lejeune
Little, Brown, £16.99
Tablet bookshop price £15.30
RaphaelBette Talvacchia
Reviewed by Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Phaidon, £24.95
Tablet bookshop price £22.50
Taste: the story of Britain through its cookingKate Colquhoun
Reviewed by Lucy Lethbridge
Bloomsbury, £20
Tablet bookshop price £18
The Barefoot EmperorPhilip Marsden
Reviewed by Bruce Clark
HarperCollins, £17.99
Tablet bookshop price £16.20
Previous weeks reviews
The Kings Glass: a story of Tudor power and secret artCarola Hicks
Reviewed by Jonathan Wright
Chatto and Windus, £18.99
Tablet bookshop price £17.10
Murdering AmericansRuth Dudley Edwards
Reviewed by Anthony Lejeune
Poisoned Pen Press, £15.95
Tablet bookshop price £14.40
Scotland: the autobiographyEd. Rosemary Goring
Reviewed by John Haldane
Penguin, £25
Tablet bookshop price £22.50
The First Day of the BlitzPeter Stansky
Reviewed by Isabel Quigly
Yale University Press, £16.99
Tablet bookshop price £15.30
Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle for BritainJoshua Levine (in association with the Imperial War Museum)
Reviewed by Isabel Quigly
Ebury Press, £7.99
Tablet bookshop price £7.20
Young Voices: British children remember the Second World WarLyn Smith (in association with the Imperial War Museum)
Reviewed by Isabel Quigly
Viking, £20
Tablet bookshop price £18
Spitfire Women of World War IIGiles Whittell
Reviewed by Isabel Quigly
HarperPress, £20
Tablet bookshop price £18
Latin Love Lessons: put a little Ovid in your lifeCharlotte Higgins
Reviewed by Philip Womack
Short Books, £12.99
Tablet bookshop price £11.70
Malcolm Williamson: a mischievous museAnthony Meredith and Paul Harris
Reviewed by John Amis
Omnibus Press, £19.95
Tablet bookshop price £18
Maurice Baring: lettersEds Jocelyn Hillgarth and Julian Jeffs
Reviewed by John Jolliffe
Michael Russell, £15.95
Tablet bookshop price £14.40
The People on Privilege HillJane Gardam
Reviewed by Kathy Watson
Chatto & Windus, £12.99
Tablet bookshop price £11.70
Selective MemoryKatharine Whitehorn
Reviewed by Catherine Pepinster
Virago, £18.99
Tablet bookshop price £17.10
Agatha Christie: an English mysteryLaura Thompson
Reviewed by Michael Estorick
Headline Review, £20
Tablet bookshop price £18
Once More With FeelingRupert Christiansen
Reviewed by Ian Bradley
Short Books, £12.99
Tablet bookshop price £11.70