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Why new history books? What's wrong with the old ones?
Posted on: 6 August 2021
βWho controls the past,β ran the Party slogan, βcontrols the future: who controls the present controls the past.β George Orwell, agreeing with me that new history books are important, in his recent...
opinion
What Is History? - review
Posted on: 31 July 2021
There is something about the theory of history or historiography β ie how and why the study of history is conducted β that can inflame passions among professional historians. Seemingly mild mannered...
β β β β β (1961)
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Ten Caesars - review
Posted on: 24 July 2021
A week ago I went to see a blockbuster exhibition about an accused arsonist who murdered his wife and his mum. The star of the show (running until October 2021 at the British Museum in London) is of...
β β β ββ (2019)
review
The Last Embassy - review
Posted on: 16 July 2021
The Dutch present ships have arrived at the Tigerβs Mouth, like tall inns on the oyster-shell mirror of the water, a joyful noise ringing out. Theyβre filled with precious offerings, but first they...
β β β β β (2021)
review
Slavery After Rome, 500-1100 - review
Posted on: 11 July 2021
Health warning: the reviewer got a bit carried away and has written a rather long review β you may want to make yourself a cup of tea before starting it. What is it about? Professor of Medieval...
β β β β β (2017)
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The Horde - review
Posted on: 4 July 2021
I first learned to fear the power of the Mongols while playing the computer game Medieval II Total War. Playing as king of the English I was pretty pleased with my thuggish army of knights and...
β β β β β (2021)
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Empire of Silver - review
Posted on: 17 June 2021
Silver mining is not an easy job β when you dig the raw ore out of the ground it typically contains less than 0.1% silver β 1 part in a thousand. You then have to go through a laborious process of...
β β βββ (2021)
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Soldier, Priest, and God - review
Posted on: 15 June 2021
What is it about? Alexander the Great is one of the most famous, and studied, figures in history. What more is left to be said? According to Professor Fred Naiden, rather a lot. In his opening chapter...
β β β ββ (2018)
review
If history is wrong, does it matter?
Posted on: 7 June 2021
...at the end, Garder [the last Norse settlement in Greenland] was like an overcrowded lifeboat⦠famine and associated disease would have caused a breakdown of respect for authority⦠starving people...
opinion
Checkmate in Berlin - review
Posted on: 5 June 2021
When the Americans and British rolled into Berlin in June 1945, optimism was high that power sharing with their Russian allies would work β it was imperative it did. But Stalin had other plans,...
β β β β β (2021)
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Norse America - review
Posted on: 3 June 2021
On a clear sunny day in 1170 CE, the Welsh prince Madoc, illegitimate son of the famous Owain Gwynedd, set sail from Rhos-on-Sea on the north coast of Wales. Travelling with him in his several ships...
β β β β β (2021)
review
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII - review
Posted on: 28 May 2021
Disclaimer: the reviewer is an ex student of Professor Steven Gunn. Based on James Ford Lectures in British History given in 2015, Professor Steven Gunnβs book considers warfare in the βage of Henry...
β β β β β (2018)
review