All posts tagged "European history"
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Union: England, Scotland And the Treaty of 1707 – by Michael Fry
May 20, 2026The story of modern Britain – at least one of the stories – begins some three...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
December 8, 2025Even the greatest deeds of brave men can be forgotten in the mists of time -...
Great Britain
After the Victorians by A.N. Wilson
December 6, 2025Like its predecessor, The Victorians, this book is a portrait of an age, rather than a...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson
April 18, 2025In some respects, the Thirty Years War resembles the Great War of 1914-1918. Political friction in...
Historical Fiction
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
April 8, 2025Mawer’s The Glass Room is a genuine intellectual achievement—a breath-taking story of love and its loss,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty by Peter Kellner
April 7, 2025Magna Carta, that legendary document which is so frequently referred to in discussions of freedom, and...
Great Britain
The Bolter by Frances Osborne
April 1, 2025She introduces a woman who may have upset those around her by her promiscuity, even nymphomania,...
Biography
The Travels of Marco Polo Translated by W. Marsden
April 1, 2025It seems that world is more fantastic than our own travel brochures today can suggest for...
Fiction Reviews
Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell
March 23, 2025Much more serious, though, is the book’s take on the medieval world as a whole. Alongside...
History
Erskine Childers and The Riddle of the Sands
March 20, 2025Set against the backdrop of a yachting trip to the German coast, the story weds a...
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