Breath Michael Symmons Roberts
Reviewed by Tom Fleming Jonathan Cape, £11.99 Tablet bookshop price £10.80
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A Challenging Reform: realizing the vision of the liturgical renewal Piero Marini
Reviewed by James Leachman Columba Press, £9.99 Tablet bookshop price £9
Defending the West: a critique of Edward Saids Orientalism Ibn Warraq
Reviewed by Hazhir Teimourian Prometheus Books (UK Gazelle), £20 Tablet bookshop price £18
Gods Fury, Englands Fire: a new history of the English Civil Wars Michael Braddick
Reviewed by Jonathan Wright Allen Lane, £30 Tablet bookshop price £27
Christ the Lord: the road to Cana Anne Rice
Reviewed by David McLaurin Chatto & Windus, £17.99 Tablet bookshop price £16.20