This biography is a joy to read. Published in 1954 my copy is a 1964 reprint which I bought from Verandah Books UK, booksellers specializing…
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Month: June 2021
Jan Morris masterpiece
This trilogy by the late Jan Morris is a masterpiece in writing. She (or he) had distilled the sources well to give us a brilliant…
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The misunderstood politician – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jinnah is called The Father of Pakistan. A portrait of Jinnah hangs in Lincoln’s Inn, London, his alma mater. It was presented by the High…
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age
Platt is a master writer. His book is based on prodigious research. He cites original sources. He describes the city of Canton well in his…
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Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War
Readers who bought based on the title will be famished. What was promised was the full course. What was delivered were a variety of appetizers…
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China 1949: Year of Revolution
It is ironic that history will look back to 2020 as the beginning of the Cold War between China and the US and the UK.…
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One prose. One verse.
Here are 2 anthologies. One prose. One verse. Lord Wavell started to compile his anthology in 1941 while fighting the Japanese. To him, it was…
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An Englishwoman in India: The Memoirs of Harriet Tytler 1828-1858
One wonders why Anthony Sattin edited this memoir when his area of specialty is “Anthony Sattin is to Egypt what William Dalrymple is to India”…
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The Arab Spring
The Arab Spring- a term coined by Western interests who favored the uprisings against the Arab countries- happened 10 years ago this year. Yet, there…
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A great judge – Leaves from my Library: An English Anthology
This 1986 book by Lord Denning was written at age 86. He was inspired by World War 2 Lord Wavell’s anthology of poetry Other Men’s…
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