17 Sep 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of the daring paratroopers’ air raid on the city of Arnhem during World War Two. It was a…
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Day: September 24, 2019
Unsatisfying read – Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince’s Tour of India, 1875-6
This book merits 4 stars only as it could have been more comprehensive to do justice to the unprecedented 4-month tour of the Indian subcontinent…
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Scholarly book – The Boxers, China, and the World
This book is a compilation of 10 of the papers presented for a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2001, to…
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A gem – Bruegel
A book that has all the paintings of this great Flemish painter at an affordable price. The reproductions are vivid and of a decent size.…
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Infectious – Why Read Moby-Dick?
I am posting this review here as I note that the hundreds of reviews linked to this book {the kindle version} are actually on the…
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