Sam Leith
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Aug 28, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Guardian
- Top 1K sites
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- Aug 17, 2026
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Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason review â a tale of literary obsession, with cameos from real-life authors (opens the original)
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A heartbroken woman becomes fixated on a famous writer in this witty, touching follow-up to Sorrow and Bliss The protagonist of Meg Masonâs new book, the follow-up to the 2020 tragicomedy Sorrow and Bliss, is an invisible woman. She might well be standing there but you wonât notice her. Sheâs a techie at literary festivals â the person who shuffles up to a famous writer a few minutes before their event and apologetically slides a microphone cable down their shirt while theyâre making s
Agrippa by Robert Harris review â persuasive portrait of rivalry in ancient Rome (opens the original)
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This fictional memoir by Octaviusâs right-hand man shows us bloodshed, betrayal and hectic jockeying for power If youâre one of those people who thinks about the Roman empire several times a week, Robert Harris has you covered. He follows his trilogy of novels about the life of Cicero and his one-off about the unpleasantness in Pompeii with a narrative that takes us from civil war through the assassination of Julius Caesar, with all the bickering and bloodshed that follows, on to the deci
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