Awesome. A wonderfully written history of England from its birth to 2014. Written by a Professor of History from Cambridge University this 1000-page book is…
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Month: September 2019
The most theological
The Gospel of John is the most theological of the 4 Gospels. It begins with this most mesmerising of verses – In the beginning, was…
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An introduction – Darwin And The Beagle
This book on the 5-year journey of the Beagle round the world, with Charles Darwin on board as a 22-year-old naturalist is actually developed from…
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Brilliant – The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn
There are two popular histories of The Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876. The earlier book, Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen Ambrose…
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An obsession – Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
I read this hardcover when it came out in 2013. This is an easy to read the biography of a still relatively unknown American who…
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A tragedy – Palestine Papers
In 1914 {First World War} Palestine consisted of some 500,000 Muslims, 60,000 Jews and 60,000 Christians. Palestine was then part of the Ottoman Empire also…
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Gripping tale – Crazy Horse and Custer: The Epic Clash of Two Great Warriors at the Little Bighorn
There are two popular histories of The Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876. The earlier book, Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen Ambrose…
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Biography – Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
This biography of Hirohito deservedly won the Pulitzer Prize and the National book critics circle award. I read this biography in 2006. It is still…
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Soul of Japan – Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan
I read this book when I visited Kyoto in early April 2019 for a legal conference and to see the sakura. If you are reading…
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Gripping history – Arabs: A 3,000 Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
This newly released March 2019 630-page book is a book that rewards patient reading. Mackintosh Smith is well versed with the Arabic sources and has…
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