Audiobook Review / Accessories After the Fact by Sylvia Meagher
After re-reading (or listening) to Not in Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK by Anthony Summers, I was directed from various sources...
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Aug 23, 2022
Film Review / Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Probably one of my favourite films of all time now, Hacksaw Ridge charts the story of Desmond Doss, a WWII combat medic who refused to...
Apr 3, 2022
Audiobook Review / Medieval Woman: Village Life in the Middle Ages
It's hard to really comprehend what life was like before central heating, boilers, regular baths and cars, but this book is probably the...
Feb 17, 2022
Audiobook Review / Not in Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK
Not in Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK should not be missed by anyone even with a passing interest in the events of 22nd Nov 1963.
Dec 31, 2021
Book Review / Discovering Epitaphs
I picked this book up at Highgate Cemetery in London, which fitted in nicely with the curiosity many share regarding gravestones and...
Dec 31, 2021
Audiobook Review / Legion: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Lawrence of Arabia
“Lots of people go about saying they alone understand me. They do not see how little they see, each of them separately. My name is...
Apr 13, 2020
Book Review / False Flags over Europe: A Modern History of State-Fabricated Terror
Did you like The Matrix? did you think, wow, what a complex, enduring, thought-provoking film, with just enough action, suspense and...
Apr 9, 2018
Book Review / The Black Prince: England's Greatest Warrior by Michael Jones
I loved this book. I love the reassessment of the Black Prince's personality and re-evaluation of the Sack of Limoges. I went to see a...
Feb 4, 2018
Book Review / A Knight and His Castle
If you’re wondering how to write a history non-fiction which is almost impossible to put down, then Ewart Oakeshott’s books are...
Oct 7, 2017
Audiobook Review / The English and their History
Blimey, what a journey! I will write a longer review at some point, but for now, I loved this so much I bought the paperback whilst...
Jul 2, 2017
Book Review / The Organization of War Under Edward III
I wasn’t sure exactly what I was going to get out of this book, and whether it was going to a kind of war-by-numbers like the brilliant...
May 8, 2017
Book Review / Trial by Battle: The Hundred Years War, Volume 1
I don't think there can be much more to add to reviews of this book across the internet. It is pretty much a step-by-step of the long and...
May 3, 2017
Book Review / White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow...
A riveting multi-sourced account of a majorly overlooked era of European history, the reasons for which you may make of as you will....
Nov 12, 2016
Book Review / The Greatest Traitor The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330
One of my favourite history books – and books in general – of all time (which is why this review is so long), The Greatest Traitor turned...
Oct 25, 2016
Book Review / Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies
I started with Ian Mortimer's books back with The Greatest Traitor, and so was well familiar with his Edward II faked-death scenario...
Oct 18, 2016
Book Review / De Re Militari (Concerning Military Affairs)
Whether you're familiar with the book or its author, it's very likely you've a famous phrase akin to, "If you wish for peace, prepare...
Sep 12, 2016
Book Review / The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, Commonly Call'd Mother Ross; etc...
It’s fair to say [to me anyhow, I'm not your word police] Kit is one of the most fun and brassy women in non-fiction. Her story is far...
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