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The Six Wives of Henry VIII - review

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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

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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 Mount’s Bay was a...

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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

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Posted on: 14 July 2023

Ah Rahim, now you’re 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

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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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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

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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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Hawkhurst - review

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Posted on: 9 June 2023

Smuggling is a shadowy business, so it is perhaps appropriate that our imaginations are peopled by fictional characters rather than real life historical smugglers. So as a child I loved the Captain...

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Posted on: 1 June 2023

So what have we got? It's a pretty good haul this month, centered around Europe mostly but with travel around the world as a bit of a motif... Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links...

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