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…
A gem – The Churchills
This is a gem. Produced in 1996 it has interviews with people who knows Winston personally. Though titled The Churchills there are only brief references…
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A joint biography – Judgement of Paris: Manet, Meissonier and an Artistic Revolution
This book examines the lives of 2 painters i.e. the older Ernest Meissonier and the younger Edouard Manet with particular emphasis on the birth of…
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A beautiful book – Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine
This is a beautiful coffee table book. The pictures are stunning. The text is enough. The font is large size. With 207 pages you get…
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A thorough history – Mount Sinai: A History of Travellers and Pilgrims
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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