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The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution - review
Posted on: 13 February 2023
We hold these truths to be self evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that these are life, liberty and the pursuit of...
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New history books in January 2023
Posted on: 1 February 2023
A more contemporary set of books this month, with at least one new history book going right up to the end of the twentieth century. Still good variety though and stretching back a couple of thousand...
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The Perfect Sword - review
Posted on: 6 January 2023
The sword is the first tool made by humans whose sole function is death; or more specifically: killing other humans, according to Edoardo Albert and Paul Gething, co-authors of The Perfect Sword:...
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New history books in December 2022
Posted on: 1 January 2023
Fewer history books published in December but some fascinating titles amongst them - more thoughts on this below the cover pictures. Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links to Amazon...
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Best history books of 2022
Posted on: 1 January 2023
What are the best popular history books published in 2022 in the UK? These are the best popular history books that we have read and reviewed on this site. The links take you to more details on each...
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1177 B.C. - review
Posted on: 21 December 2022
Last summer I gazed upon the face of Agamemnon, or at least Agamemnon's alleged gold mask at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Although I gazed only for a brief moment because our then six...
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River Kings - review
Posted on: 14 December 2022
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. William Blake, Auguries of Innocence While Blake saw a world in a...
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New history books in November 2022
Posted on: 1 December 2022
A great range of new history books published in November 2022! Book covers below and some notes on the ones that caught my eye below that. Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links to...
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Fury of The Vikings - review
Posted on: 29 November 2022
The Yggdrasil, as Dominic Sandbrook tells us in Adventures in Time: Fury of the Vikings is the great world tree of Norse mythology. Spanning the universe, its highest branches stretch up into the...
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Uncommon Wrath - review
Posted on: 25 November 2022
Julius Caesar, after a decade of largely unprovoked warfare in what is now France, had killed a million Gauls and enslaved a million more. His contemporary and political rival Cato the Younger (Marcus...
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Ancestors - review
Posted on: 4 November 2022
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and some other places, was buried on 19 September 2022 in Windsor Chapel. The crown she wore as queen, together with the orb and sceptre (ie the golden ball...
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New history books in October 2022
Posted on: 1 November 2022
Click the book covers to see a zoomed in image and links to Amazon for those who like to buy their books there. ...
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