I write about books, history, and culture. My articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in The Boston Globe's Ideas and Books sections, the Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, The New Yorker (“Briefly Noted”), The National (Abu Dhabi), The New York Observer, The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Salon, The New York Sun, Vogue, and Bookforum. Learn more about me here.
I can be reached at priceald@yahoo.com.
An Honourable Englishman: The life of Hugh Trevor-Roper
The Boston Globe, December 25, 2011
The Price of Life is Death: Mallory on Everest
The National, December 8, 2011
Why The Nazis Fought On: Ian Kershaw’s The End
The National, November 11, 2011
South with the Sun: Amundsen at the South Pole
The Boston Globe , October 23, 2011
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
The National, July 1, 2011
Hugh Thomas and Spain’s Golden Age
The National, February 4, 2011
Blood on the Tracks: The First Global Jihad
The National, July 23, 2010
My Book of 2011: Into the Silence by Wade Davis
As a critic, you encounter all kinds of books. Some are just…
Critics: A Wretched Species?
Two cheers for the critic! Superannuated (perhaps, but still hanging on by…
Bobby Fischer Against the World
HBO’s new documentary perfectly captures the pathos and ugliness of one of…
What bin Laden Cost Us
National Journal has just published a fine and deeply depressing piece…
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