All posts tagged "European history"
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Great Britain
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
October 17, 2021Even the greatest deeds of brave men can be forgotten in the mists of time -...
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Great Britain
After the Victorians by A.N. Wilson
October 13, 2021Like its predecessor, The Victorians, this book is a portrait of an age, rather than a...
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History
The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson
June 19, 2020In some respects, the Thirty Years War resembles the Great War of 1914-1918. Political friction in...
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Architecture
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
June 11, 2020Mawer’s The Glass Room is a genuine intellectual achievement—a breath-taking story of love and its loss,...
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Great Britain
Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty by Peter Kellner
June 10, 2020Magna Carta, that legendary document which is so frequently referred to in discussions of freedom, and...
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Biography
The Bolter by Frances Osborne
June 5, 2020She introduces a woman who may have upset those around her by her promiscuity, even nymphomania,...
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Biography
The Travels of Marco Polo Translated by W. Marsden
June 3, 2020It seems that world is more fantastic than our own travel brochures today can suggest for...
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Fiction Reviews
Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell
May 28, 2020Much more serious, though, is the book’s take on the medieval world as a whole. Alongside...
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Biography
Erskine Childers and The Riddle of the Sands
May 26, 2020Set against the backdrop of a yachting trip to the German coast, the story weds a...
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Great Britain
Quarrel with the King by Adam Nicolson
May 25, 2020Nicolson concludes his reflections by noting that “the custom of the manor” believed “to an extent...
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