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June 18, 2018

Review: This Sceptred Isle: The Dynasties, Christopher Lee

Rating: 5 out of 5 It was very easy for me to pick up another volume of ‘This Sceptred Isle’ as I absolutely adored…

June 16, 2018

Burg Kyda (Kiiu)

The cute tower now known as Kiiu carries the dubious distinction of being the smallest surviving Medieval military building in the Baltics. This should…

June 16, 2018

Review: Revenge of the Sith, Matthew Stover

Review: 5 out of 5 It makes sense for one to try and re-read one’s long-lost favourites and it was with that attitude I…

June 15, 2018

Review: The French Foreign Legion, Douglas Boyd

Rating: 2 out of 5. This was a detailed history in many a way, and it is clear that the author is enthusiastic about…

June 14, 2018

Review: The Vanquished, Robert Gerwath

Rating: 4 out of 5. This book makes for a compelling narrative of the early interwar years, combining together the stories of the primary…

June 12, 2018

Bischofsburg Odenpäh (Otepää)

The Estonian Otepää is mostly known to the locals as a winter resort, but this is a place where known history stretches back into…

June 10, 2018

Bischofsburg Oldentorne (Vana-Kastre)

Oldentorne, or in today’s language, Vana-Kastre was the site of a castle in the Bishopric of Dorpat (Tartu). Not much is left today —…

June 5, 2018

Fort de Ruyter

I ended up at Fort de Ruyter after a walk from the port of Vlissingen. It wasn’t a clear-cut road and I did not…

June 2, 2018

Binham Priory

I never expected to be visiting Binham but it was on the way. Or, rather, what I saw from the window of my car…

May 30, 2018

Creake Abbey

Creake’s history in effect spans not more than about three centuries, but in it we may find our historic senses of justice and injustice…

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