In conjunction with the Institute of Historical Research's November conference Novel Approaches, their online Reviews in History has been comparing works of academic history with novels set in the same period
Julia Lovell (Birkbeck College, University of London)) compares Mao's last revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhols with Yu Hua's novel Brothers (Xiong di)
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Mao's last revolution (Harvard UP, 2006) is available in SOAS Library at CC951.056 / 995530.
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Brothers is available at the British Library
Dr Jenny Benham (from the IHR) compares Jonathan Riley-Smith's classic The Crusades: a short history with the Swedish bestseller The Temple knight by Jan Guillou
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The Crusades (2nd edition, 2005) is available in SOAS Library at NB909.07 / 933682
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Try Foyles or Waterstones if you are intrigued by The Temple knight !
