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White Gold - review
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 Mountβs Bay was a...
β β β ββ (2004)
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New history books in July 2023
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
Posted on: 14 July 2023
Ah Rahim, now youβre 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...
β β β β β (2023)
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The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram - review
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,...
β β β ββ (2023)
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New history books in June 2023
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...
new books
UPROAR! - review
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...
β β β β β (2023)
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Hawkhurst - review
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...
β β β ββ (2023)
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New history books in May 2023
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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How can we apply history in our daily life?
Posted on: 26 May 2023
Regular readers of this website will, I imagine, often think to themselves: I know you guys read a lot of history books but how does this actually help you in your day to day life? Perhaps the best...
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