A Biography of Cao Cao
Rafe de Crespigny is an Australian sinologist, now aged 90. He specialises in the history of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. His…
The Defence and Fall of Singapore
In 1921 the British settled on the “Singapore strategy” to defend the Far East against Japanese attacks. (p 18). The strategy envisaged building a naval…
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Law in a Time of Crisis
This latest 2021 book by Lord Sumption, a former Justice of the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2018 is a gem. Containing 12 essays…
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Who Wrote the Bible?
This book was written in 1987. I bought it in 1991 in Singapore en-route to an open-air Chinese New Year charity dinner. My law firm…
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My Story: Justice in the Wilderness
This is an enjoyable romp through many significant legal cases in Malaysia that Tommy was personally involved in. Told against a backdrop of his life,…
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By Anthony Sattin
“Anthony Sattin is to Egypt what William Dalrymple is to India” The Times. Here are four of his books on Egypt and one on Timbuktu.…
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Letters from Egypt
This is a gem of a book. It contains all the letters by Florence Nightingale to her family from her visit in 1849 to 1850. …
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London at War
This is a book on how Londoners reacted and coped with the war and the Blitz from 1939 to 1945. Ziegler cites from diaries, letters, records…
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By Edward Elgar
Prince Philip chose Nimrod as one of his funeral music. This is a famous piece by the British composer Edward Elgar. It is actually variation…
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Malta and Britain
HRH Prince Phillip funeral You would have noticed a group of sailors blowing whistles before the pallbearers ascended the steps of St George’s Chapel. This…
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The Crown
The Crown is an excellent Netflix series. This companion book to Season I will interest those who have a keen interest in British history, Sir…
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