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Category: Biographies

August 6, 2019

Review: The Winter King, Thomas Penn

Rating: 3 out of 5 In no way was this an easy read. Not only is the author’s style fairly complex, but also there…

July 26, 2019

Review: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami

Rating: 5 out of 5 To begin with, I think there is one very clear mistake people can do with reading this: they can…

July 21, 2019

Review: The Outsiders, William Thorndike

Rating: 4 out of 5 I think this work is primarily interesting because of the emphasis it places on the selected eight leaders doing…

July 10, 2019

Review: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, Richard Feynman

Rating: 3 out of 5 I’m in two minds about this one. Firstly, it’s an excellent work as Feynman’s achievements and works are both…

March 26, 2019

Review: Queens of the Conquest, Alison Weir

Rating: 3 out of 5 I’m one to like a good narrative history, especially of the earlier medieval times in England. However, this book…

March 20, 2019

Review: A Great and Terrible King, Marc Morris

Rating: 3 out of 5 I like what Marc Morris writes — his style is readable, his thoughts proceed in an orderly manner. The…

February 3, 2019

Arvustus: Eesti feldmarssalid, Andres Adamson

Hinnang: 3/5 Võttes raamatu algselt kätte, oli mul tunne, et tegu võiks olla lühidalt hariva looga, mis heidab pilgu Eestimaal (ja Liivi- ja Kuramaal)…

January 27, 2019

Review: Ryoma! Vol. II, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have praised many a work by Mr Shiba — this one is no different. From the ending of…

January 21, 2019

Review: Everest 1953, Mick Conefrey

Rating: 4 out of 5 The story of the ascent of Everest gripped my interest in several ways – firstly, the narrative here begins…

January 6, 2019

Review: The First Samurai, Karl Friday

Rating: 3 out of 5 This is a story of a more-or-less accidental rebellion organised by Taira Masakado in the mid-10th century. The area…

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