Modern European Notes

Jim Endersby,"Linnaeus at the service of England," TLS, 12 August, reviews Neil Chambers, ed., The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820, 6 vols.; and The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, Vol. I.

Donald Rayfield,"Stalin in charge," TLS, 12 August, reviews Oleg V. Khlevniuk's Master of the House: Stalin and his inner circle (Nora Seligman Favorov, trans.) and Paul R. Gregory's Terror By Quota: State security from Lenin to Stalin (An archival study).

Keith Lowe for the Telegraph, 6 August, and Robert Service for the Guardian, 9 August, review Andrew Roberts's The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War.

Alastair Harper,"Where are the good books on modern British politics?" Books Blog, finds a few to recommend.