March always seems to be a slower month for history books for some reason that I can't entirely fathom, but there's enough to be getting on with! I've shared a few notes below on a few that I would like to read.
Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links to Amazon if you like to buy your books there.
![The Silver Empire: How Germany Created Its First Common Currency The Silver Empire: How Germany Created Its First Common Currency](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0198894481.02._SCM_.jpg)
![House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/024155277X.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1800811993.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers: A Personal History Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers: A Personal History](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0008106223.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Money and Promises: Seven Deals That Changed the World Money and Promises: Seven Deals That Changed the World](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1804542806.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Prince And The Poisoner: The Murder that Rocked the British Raj The Prince And The Poisoner: The Murder that Rocked the British Raj](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0750999586.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1529404894.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Heretic: The Many Lives of Jesus Christ and the Other Saviours of the Ancient World Heretic: The Many Lives of Jesus Christ and the Other Saviours of the Ancient World](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1529040353.02._SCM_.jpg)
![How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0571366341.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1800811586.02._SCM_.jpg)
A few that I would like to dig into are:
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The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age, by Steven Mithen. As the author of one my all time favourite books (After the Ice) I'm favouribly desposed to anything by Steven Mithen. The title is a bit provocative, so it will be interesting to have a deeper look.
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Money and Promises: Seven Deals That Changed the World, by Paolo Zannoni. Perhaps not one to excite most people but as I work in this sort of area it hits the spot for me! Seems to be based on the early modern + late modern development of finance and whatnot in Europe.
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Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain, by Madeleine Pelling. A nice counterpoint to Gibbon and Austen: what did ordinary 18th century folk want to write / rant about?