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Category: Biographies

May 13, 2020

Review: Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir

Rating: 2 out of 5 Well, I stepped into this myself. I know how Ms Weir writes and what she writes about. What I…

April 24, 2020

Review: Secrets and Lies / The Trial of Christine Keeler, Christine Keeler

Rating: 3 out of 5 I finished this a long while ago now, but I wanted to wait with a review such that I’d…

April 13, 2020

Review: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb

Rating: 5 out of 5 I had no real previous experience with psychotherapy up until this book. There was plenty that was very interesting…

April 8, 2020

Review: The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux

Rating: 0.5 out of 5 Let me say, to begin with, that there were parts to this book that I liked. These involved the…

March 13, 2020

Review: The Perfect King, Ian Mortimer

Rating: 3 out of 5 I read two histories that could have been one. One of these was Isabella’s biography; the second was Edward…

March 13, 2020

Review: Queen Isabella, Alison Weir

Rating: 3 out of 5 In a surprising twist, I accidentally planned books on Isabella and Edward III to be read one after the…

February 27, 2020

Review: As it Happened, Clement Attlee

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a remarkable opportunity to find a man who has occupied every great office of state and yet…

February 17, 2020

Review: Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux

Rating: “Not Sure” out of 5 / 😛 => Updated 0.5 out of 5 So… I really don’t know. Parts of this book I…

February 9, 2020

Review: Lord of Formosa, Joyce Bergvelt

Rating: 5 out of 5 In short, I think this ticks all the boxes. Quite possibly the closest thing from an European source I…

January 31, 2020

Review: Born a Crime, Trevor Noah

Rating: 5 out of 5 I had my eye on this book for a while before I took it up. This happened amidst the…

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