I was delighted to acquire this book for Christmas 2019 having stayed at St Catherine Monastery for a night and hiked up Mount Sinai in…
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The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
Most tourists to Krakow usually make a day trip to Auschwitz. There you see an empty camp. It is difficult to envisage the suffering there.…
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An excellent book – Venice: The Biography of a City
This is not a guidebook. This is a history of Venice from its beginning in 500 BC to 1986 AD. Hibbert is a prolific writer…
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Illustrated history – The History of Central Asia
If you like the history of the Silk Road or Central Asia with all its ancient sites, these 4 illustrated histories are for you. Each…
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A detailed biography – Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas
Ask any layman and he or she will tell you that the mutiny in the ship Bounty was caused by Captain Bligh himself. The mutineers…
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Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey was a phenomenal TV series hit. If you like to explore the settings, characters etc more, here are 3 illustrated books. If you…
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Autobiography – Plague fighter: The autobiography of a modern Chinese physician
This is an amazing autobiography. Written by a Malaysian doctor born in Penang in 1879, he was the first Chinese to be educated in medicine…
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A beautiful series – Story of China
This 2016 production is the best TV series on Chinese history from its beginning to the revolution in 1949. Michael Wood has presented the major…
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Leonardo and the Last Supper
Why did Judas Iscariot betray Jesus? {written on Easter Sunday 12 April 2020} The 4 Gospels each gave their own nuances. In Mark no reason…
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Ibn Battuta of Tangier
There are 3 great land travellers from ancient times. One of them is Ibn Battuta of Tangier. He started from there in 1325 and only…
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