'In the Wolf’s Mouth,' by Adam Foulds

'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.

'Edmund Burke in America: The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism,' by Drew Maciag

'Hothouse,' by Boris Kachka

'Warsaw 1944,' by Alexandra Richie