CairoMax Rodenbeck's biography of Cairo combines a sweeping timescale with a keen eye for telling detail. It traces the life of Cairo from birth, through the heights of medieval splendour and down to the present day.

Secondhand

and his thoughts about art

award-winning master baker Jeffrey Hamelman presents the definitive

and textures represented within these pages

is shown in all its glory with descriptions by Tim Clark

with translations of the copious textual information on the prints

SpectatorWinter

There are also chapters for naughty

Unerringly sharp and pioneeringly original

How about extravagant

disturbed villain - and discovers that the two murders are barely the start of his plans

candid and revealing account of himself