A nice bunch of books this month. There seems to be a theme of ideas, with titles on Patriarchy, the West, Religion and Science, and a Northern Renaissance. Plus at least one dead-cert best-seller in The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan.
Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links to Amazon if you like to buy your books there.
The ones on my personal wishlist are:
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, by Peter Frankopan - this book seems to have gone down well so I am keen to read it too! A bit of a brick, but forgiven because it is covering the entirety of human history, Frankopan is tracing the natural environment's impact on human history. I'm interested to see how he steers a middle path between blindingly obvious (blown up by a volcano) and blatantly obscure (for want of a shoe...).
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UPROAR!: Scandal, Satire and Printmakers in Georgian London, by Alice Loxton - quite a lot of my modern history degree focused on the late 18th Century UK, and I was always drawn to the jokes and the satire so I'm very keen to see what Alice Loxton has to offer.
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Great Kingdoms of Africa, edited by John Parker - I have mentioned before that history books covering African countries are not published that often in the UK. This one looks like it is a general overview of some iconic kingdoms spread across the African continent. It should be a great place to start!
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Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire, by Nandini Das - I got sent a copy of this one by mistake, so this is on the to-read pile as well ๐. It looks like it is focussing on the moment when the then relatively inconsequential European country of Britain first came into contact with the all powerful Mughal empire.
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