The team discuss DeSantis’s fading hopes of beating Donald Trump to the Republican presidential nomination, his stance on abortion rights and why Trump still looms large in American politics. The author, Orlando Figes, is an acknowledged expert on the subject and the book has been written as a story to be read in total, rather than just to be just dipped into for reference. Now, that struggle has become an open conflict.Megan Gibson in London, Katie Stallard in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Berlin discuss Sudan’s recent history, the evacuation effort and where local and regional powers stand.Next they turn to the US, where Ron DeSantis’s presumed bid for the presidency in 2024 appears to be falling apart. The Story of Russia is a brilliant, up to date account of the development of Russia over the past thousand years.

Genres History Nonfiction Russia Politics European History Historical War.more. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s de facto leader, has long been in a bitter power struggle with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, his former deputy. Based on a lifetime of scholarship and enthrallingly written, The Story of Russia is quintessential sweeping, revelatory, and masterful. The two books now stand together, perfectly complimentary wings of a diptych of genius, the crowning works of a great historian at the peak of his powers.

A three-day ceasefire has allowed some countries to evacuate their citizens from Sudan, where rival military factions have been fighting since 15 April. Very well researched and detailed, fascinating insight into Russian history and the myths and truths of said history. The Story of Russiaacts as a brilliant political counterpart to Figes wonderful cultural history, Natashas Dance.

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