Great Books: The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli
Marie Corelli’s best-selling novel is not just an old-fashioned romance but a sophisticated reflection on temptation and on the problem of evil.
Significant works reviewed by Engelsberg Ideas writers.
Marie Corelli’s best-selling novel is not just an old-fashioned romance but a sophisticated reflection on temptation and on the problem of evil.
Review: David Brakke’s sober-minded commentary on the recently discovered Gospel of Judas is an intelligent insight into this quixotic text's literary and spiritual quality.
The adventures of Winnetou and his German-American friend Shatterhand have delighted German children since publication over a century ago. The recent criticism of the series misse..
Review: The rapidly changing social and political landscape of America in the 1970s is often associated with left-wing counter culture — but many mainstream scientists and engineer..
Review: Ian Gentles revisits the sudden rise, turbulent reign and abrupt demise of Cromwell’s New Model Army, exploring how political conviction and righteousness, once popularised..
Review: A scrupulous examination of the lack of resistance among the German establishment to the Nazi rise to power in the early 1930s posits that, without their acquiescence, hist..
Review: Veteran diplomat, Martin Indyk charts the twists and turns of Henry Kissinger's missions to the Middle East. Although ever a pragmatist, and often a showman, Kissinger was ..
Review: This collection of essays on the portraits of Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher fails to answer pertinent questions and instead conjures debates from thin air.
Review: Joseph Torigian chronicles the chaotic transitions of power following the deaths of Stalin and Mao with a diligent and analytical eye.