This is a must-read for any tourist to Egypt who is interested in the archaeological discoveries made by European archaeologists from 1799 to 1999. The…
View More A gem – Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries
Author: Julia_M
A real pleasure – The Tale of Genji: Legends and Paintings
This is a beautifully illustrated Tale of Genji published by the British Museum. All 54 chapters of the tale are illustrated by images taken from…
View More A real pleasure – The Tale of Genji: Legends and Paintings
Useful addition – The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Pacific Voyages
2018 marks the 250th anniversary of the sailing of James Cook’s first, of three voyages, to the South Seas. Many books have been published to…
View More Useful addition – The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Pacific Voyages
Wonderful – Morris: Heaven’s Command
I have the abridged 6cds version. The total time is 7-hour 30 min. I highly recommend this as the reading by Roy McMillan is excellent.…
View More Wonderful – Morris: Heaven’s Command
First voyage – Endeavour: The Story of Captain Cook’s First Great Epic Voyage
This is an illustrated version of the book by Peter Aughton on the first voyage of James Cook. For readers looking for a readable narration…
View More First voyage – Endeavour: The Story of Captain Cook’s First Great Epic Voyage
Beautiful – Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel
A visit to Egypt is not complete without staying and or having tea at the Marriot Mena House Pyramids and Marriot Gezira Palace in Cairo,…
View More Beautiful – Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel
Wonderfully written – The Soong Dynasty
This is the only book on the famous Soong family in English published over the past 20 years. It is also excellently written. It tells…
View More Wonderfully written – The Soong Dynasty
A daring air raids
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…
View More A daring air raids
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…
View More Unsatisfying read – Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince’s Tour of India, 1875-6
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…
View More Scholarly book – The Boxers, China, and the World