'Beethoven: The Man Revealed,' by John Suchet

Robert Bartlett’s book will also be welcome to those who have experienced something of the power of the cult of the saints in their own time and place.

'All The Light We Cannot See,' by Anthony Doerr

'Hothouse,' by Boris Kachka

'Warsaw 1944,' by Alexandra Richie

One of the hallmarks of the young papacy of Pope Francis has been his repeated critique of what he calls the contemporary ldquo economy of inequality and exclusion rdquo Some commentators have seen this as an indictment of the present moment but the pope rsquo s stance would be misinterpreted if