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Posted on: 1 December 2024

I identified a mere nine history books published in the UK in November 2024 (excluding the hundreds of highly dubious titles with AI slop covers). Of the nine there is one I will be putting on my xmas...

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The Mongol Storm - review

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Posted on: 24 November 2024

Hands up if you've heard of the Ilkhanate Empire? If you've got your hand up: well done (assuming you are not bluffing). For everyone else, and me included before reading Mongol Storm: Making and...

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Posted on: 1 November 2024

I couldn't find too many new popular history books published in October. I'm not sure why they seem so thin on the ground, perhaps I have overlooked a few? All of those that I did find look well worth...

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The Savage Storm - review

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Posted on: 11 October 2024

This book comes highly recommended, both for Second World War history buffs and those of us who have had relatively less exposure to military history. James Holland (a Second World War expert with his...

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Posted on: 1 October 2024

A great list this month, possibly the largest number of high quality history books published in a single month since my records began! (in 2019) There are four in particular that I'm looking out for,...

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Posted on: 26 September 2024

History book prizes divide opinion - how can you ever fairly decide on a 'best' book? What does best even mean? And how come my book didn't win? Personally I like them. Even trying to keep tabs on all...

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Tracks on the Ocean - review

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Posted on: 20 September 2024

Back in 2001 Maddox Von Ranke and I were in a small Moroccan mountain village, planning an ascent of Mount Toubkal. Mount Toubkal is the highest mountain in North Africa (I believe) and we had...

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Flint Tools Field Guide - review

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Posted on: 6 September 2024

Light. Dark. Light. Dark. Dry. Wet. Cold. Dry. Warm. Time passes. I lie on my back looking up. The sky. Clouds pass. An ant scuttles over me. A foot passes by. A bicycle tyre swishes past. Time...

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Posted on: 1 September 2024

A good line up this month - I'm always happy to see geographical and temporal spread in the selection! For the first time since I have been keeping track there is a popular history book on the history...

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