This week: Mein Kampf’s journey from obscurity to notoriety is brought to book. Also: the enigmatic life of Tudor fool William Somer and from the archive: four historians and foreign policy experts examine the Abraham Accords.
Books hold a special power. We read, we buy or borrow, we support public libraries and campaign to keep them open. We lament when libraries are closed and especially when they are damaged in times of conflict. Underpinning these concerns is an assumption, seldom tested, that books are invariably a force for good: a civilising influence to be cherished and preserved.
