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November 21, 2020

Review: War Master’s Gate, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 3 out of 5 This volume continued the trend from the previous book—a trend by which the rapid technological advancement of both the…

November 20, 2020

Review: The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Scalzi was first recommended to me a number of years ago—having now finished the Interdependency books, it’s to…

November 18, 2020

Review: The Air War, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 5 out of 5 This was Mr Tchaikovsky at his best. It’s not a few weeks since I finished this book, but the…

October 14, 2020

Review: Heirs of the Blade, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Rating: 4 out of 5 While this started out slow, I ended up enjoying this volume in the Shadows of the Apt saga far…

October 14, 2020

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga has a name which might be difficult to remember at first, but once it’s in a mind it’s also unlikely to be forgotten….

October 13, 2020

Review: Icons of England, Bill Bryson

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was tricked. That can’t be right, can it? Well… It’s my fault obviously, but I still feel as…

October 13, 2020

Daugavgrīva

Swedish Livonia lasted for less than a century, and Swedish rule managed to fortify this important overseas territory less than its other provinces. Indeed,…

October 12, 2020

Review: Galatea, Madeline Miller

Rating: 3 out of 5 It’s clear that Ms Miller has a knack for getting Greek myths right—yet, though this short story spoke to…

October 11, 2020

Schloss Mitau

At one point, the Livonian Order—or, to put it rightly, the Livonian Branch of the German Order—had its castle at Mitau, modern Jelgava. History’s…