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New history books in July 2022
Posted on: 1 August 2022
Not so many new history books this month, but no doubt the quality is still up there! A few which have piqued my interest are: Two Houses Two Kingdoms: A History of France and England, 1100β1300...
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Book reviews and culture wars - an interview with Suleiman the Magnificent
Posted on: 8 July 2022
We were recently lucky enough to talk to Suleiman the Magnificent who I was particular keen to quiz on the subject of negative βculture warβ book reviews on Amazon. The recording itself got corrupted...
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New history books in June 2022
Posted on: 1 July 2022
What's new this month? We've got 14 history books on our 'just published' list, four of which have picqued my interest... A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking...
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Making History - review
Posted on: 24 June 2022
The study of history is a funny beast: on the one hand everything is history, given that by the time we put fingers to keyboard, we are commenting on the past. On the other hand βhistoryβ can mean an...
β β β ββ (2022)
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The Ottomans - review
Posted on: 17 June 2022
How did an obscure thirteenth century Anatolian beylik emerge as a vast continent-spanning Ottoman empire? How then did it come to wither away in the nineteenth century, with its eventual replacement...
β β β β β (2021)
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Words The Vikings Gave Us - review
Posted on: 9 June 2022
Words the Vikings gave us by Grace Tierney is rather different to the majority of the books reviewed on this blog as it is effectively a glossary of Viking words still in use today, or which have...
β β β ββ (2021)
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New history books in May 2022
Posted on: 1 June 2022
What do we have to delve into this month? A couple on ancient Egypt, including one A Year in the Life of Ancient Egypt (from the same author who wrote 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt) which looks like an...
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Crusaders - review
Posted on: 13 May 2022
Lots of gold, a piece of the True Cross, and some great anecdotes - Sigurd Jersulamfarer had done pretty well out of his Viking mini crusade in the early 12th Century. His trip was about a decade...
β β β β β (2019)
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New history books in April 2022
Posted on: 1 May 2022
The April 2022 new history books round up! A bit of a range on offer, from ancient to very modern and a decent geographical spread. I'm going to try to find the time to read: Mutinous Women: How...
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The Lion House - review
Posted on: 29 April 2022
When an Ottoman emperor died, his son inherited the empire. But which son? With no clear rule of succession it depended upon who managed to seize power and eliminate their rivals. There was no second...
β β β β β (2022)
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The Burgundians - review
Posted on: 22 April 2022
What is it about? Written by a Belgian author in Dutch, and translated into English, this book tells the story of the 'Burgurdians'. But who were the 'Burgurdians'? That is a good question. After...
β β β ββ (2021)
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Lessons from history, a historical novelist's perspective - interview with Christopher Kerr
Posted on: 15 April 2022
Christopher Kerr with his latest book, The Barbarossa Secret. Tell us a bit about yourself and the books that you have written... I have always had a love of history and of writing. Before I retired...
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