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Iron and Blood
A Military History of the GermanSpeaking Peoples since 1500
Peter H. Wilson
“The scholarship of this book is breathtaking . . . No one interested in the history of Europe, and of the Germans in particular, can afford not to read this stupendous book.”
The Telegraph
“Hugely impressive . . . A determinedly analytical book.”
— Times Literary Supplement
Belknap Press 976 pp. $39.95 • North America only cloth 9780674987623
Forthcoming
The Magnificent Boat
The Colonial Theft of a South Seas Cultural Treasure
Götz Aly
Translated by Jefferson Chase
“Concise and convincing, this damning account reveals the painful legacy of colonialism.”
— Publishers Weekly
March 2023 Belknap Press 224 pp.
$29.95 • £26.95 cloth 9780674276574
Forthcoming
The World of Sugar
How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years
Ulbe Bosma
“A remarkably researched, comprehensive, and indispensable book for everyone who wishes to understand how sugar and the sugar industry have shaped the world in which we live.”
Gary Taubes, author of The Case Against Sugar
May 2023 Belknap Press 416 pp.
$35.00 • £30.95 cloth 9780674279391
Forthcoming
Elixir
A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
Theresa Levitt
“Dizzying and fragrant with elegant and riveting sentences, Levitt takes us on a most fascinating journey from the bloody revolutions to the chemistry labs of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France, all to glimpse the glorious pursuit of scent.”
—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders
April 2023 320 pp. $32.95 • Not for sale in the UK, Commonwealth (ex Canada), South Asia, South Africa, and Middle East cloth 9780674250895
