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Category: Biographies

December 24, 2023

Arvustus: Liivimaa kuningriik, Andres Adamson

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Mulle oli see teine võimalus süveneda hr Adamsoni põhjalikku käsitlusse Liivimaal olles lugenud kõigepealt läbi tema doktoritöö. Põhiline tekstist klapib,…

April 2, 2022

Review: The Passage of Power, Robert A. Caro

Rating: 6 out of 5 Mr Caro’s next instalment in the Years of Lyndon Johnson is spectacular. The powerful master of the Senate, as…

January 10, 2022

Review: Master of the Senate, Robert A. Caro

Rating: 6 out of 5 Every now and then, a book comes by that strikes the reader on every level. Once again, the next…

August 13, 2021

Review: The Black Prince, Michael Jones

Rating: 3 out of 5 The name of the Black Prince often passes through the pages of other histories with the remarks of how…

July 26, 2021

Review: Indian Summer, Alex von Tunzelmann

Rating: 4 out of 5 India, the Imperial subcontinent. A day in 1947 was historic, in the most basic meaning of the word, for…

June 22, 2021

Review: Means of Ascent, Robert A. Caro

Rating: 5.5 out of 5 This book… I have rarely been as involved in the story as I was in the gigantic combat between…

May 14, 2021

Review: The Path to Power, Robert A. Caro

Rating: 5 out of 5 Before I started this book, I didn’t have the first clue about Lyndon B. Johnson, and I hadn’t been…

February 3, 2021

Review: Ryoma! Vol IV, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is to my regret that while I bought this the day it came out, I only now took…

August 19, 2020

Review: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson

Rating: 5 out of 5 There is something fundamentally simple in Mr Bryson’s approach. While we aren’t dealing with a historian extraordinaire, it is…

May 14, 2020

Review: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

Rating: 4 out of 5 I liked these memories. Mr Lawrence wrote well, he managed to captivate with some very good descriptions, and, most…

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