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Those Who Are About To Die - review
Posted on: 3 August 2026
24 hours in the life of a history book author: Gladiators and the Writing Mind... Chapter 1: Tempus Postmeridianum (Afternoon). Oxford, England The author pauses, waiting for his muses to gather. The...
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New history books in July 2026
Posted on: 2 August 2026
It is hot here in the UK and in Europe. That means that I am reading less as I prefer to cycle into work rather than get the (extremely hot) London underground, which is my most reliable free time for...
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The Rage of Party - review
Posted on: 10 July 2026
The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries are probably among the most significant periods in English and British history, yet they do not loom large in the national consciousness. The years...
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New history books in June 2026
Posted on: 2 July 2026
Ok here's what we've got from last month (published in the UK in hardback). With the World Cup in full swing and England not yet out of it, I'm pleased to see at least one football history book on the...
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The Black Death - review
Posted on: 28 June 2026
I, Agnolo di Tura, called the Fat, buried my five children with my own hands... It is impossible for the human tongue to recount the awful thing. Indeed, one who did not see such horribleness can be...
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The Four Heavens - review
Posted on: 7 June 2026
Most human societies tend towards hierarchies: someone at the top giving orders, and everyone else at least pretending to follow the rules. And we tell each other stories to justify to ourselves why...
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We found a large number of these books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which there was not to be seen superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they regretted to an amazing degree and which caused them great affliction.
Review of David Stuart, The Four Heavens
New history books in May 2026
Posted on: 2 June 2026
Here's the list from last month (history books published here in the UK in hardback): only nine but a wide range of topics. A couple I am curious about are: This Little World: A New History of Tudor...
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The Coming Storm - review
Posted on: 17 May 2026
In my professional life I come across people ruminating on the state of the world - usually with the objective of trying to make some money out of it. These cogitations often emphasise the parallels...
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New history books in April 2026
Posted on: 4 May 2026
A nice collection of books from last month (published in the UK in hardback) ranging across time and space. Three I am particularly attracted to are: The Black Death: A Global History, by Thomas...
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New history books in March 2026
Posted on: 2 April 2026
A veritable cornucopia1 of new history books out last month, with no fewer than 18 new titles identified from my exhaustive scraping of the internet. Here are a few that I have my eye on with two of...
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Oliver Cromwell - review
Posted on: 29 March 2026
There is general agreement, first, that Cromwell is one of the great figures of British history, and yet also, second, that the nature of that greatness is shrouded in paradox Ronald Hutton,...
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