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Pax - review
Posted on: 8 September 2023
Do you - can you? - think like a Roman? Hereβs a test. What would you do in this situation? Imagine you are the pie-loving commander of a powerful army of Roman legions stationed on the Rhine. Your...
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New history books in August 2023
Posted on: 1 September 2023
So here they are, the 14 history books published in August that I could track down and that met my criteria for inclusion! A nice range of different subjects are covered, albeit most of them have a...
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII - review
Posted on: 18 August 2023
He began his reign as the dashing image of knightly chivalry. He ended it as a bloated, stinking whale, hated and feared across the land. Dominic Sandbrook, The Six Wives of Henry VIII In The...
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White Gold - review
Posted on: 11 August 2023
Dressed in Moorish djellabas and wielding damascene scimitars, they made a terrifying sight as they burst into the parish church. The 1625 Moroccan raid on the Cornish village of Mountβs Bay was a...
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New history books in July 2023
Posted on: 3 August 2023
A great selection in July 2023 with a surprisingly large number of books on ancient history - 6 out of the 12 published. (A quick google reveals that there is no such thing as Ancient History...
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Courting India - review
Posted on: 14 July 2023
Ah Rahim, now youβre perplexed. Stick to truth and you lose the world, stick to lies and you never get Ram. Abdur Rahim, statesman to the Mughal court and poet, 1556 to 1627. Quotation from...
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The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram - review
Posted on: 7 July 2023
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and [writing history] a complete impossibility! Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest,...
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New history books in June 2023
Posted on: 1 July 2023
It was a bit more of a struggle to find history books this month, partly because less were published in general and also because the Amazon books Advanced Search seems to have partially broken, so I...
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UPROAR! - review
Posted on: 20 June 2023
London has been invaded. Rank upon rank of enemy troops march through the capital. Prominent politicians are being beheaded on a balcony overlooking a busy street, while others hang by the neck from a...
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