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Category: Biographies

October 5, 2018

Review: Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa, Bill Rowe

Rating: 4 out of 5 I find that Mr Rowe perfectly achieves what he sets out to do — this is a personal overview,…

October 2, 2018

Review: Viceroys, Christopher Lee

Rating: 2 out of 5 I have been a fan of many a history book by Christopher Lee and some of these also touched…

September 17, 2018

Review: King John, Marc Morris

Rating: 4 out of 5 I would second the words of one of the other reviews: this is a superb history. The subject is…

September 16, 2018

Review: Louis XIV, Olivier Bernier

Rating: 3 out of 5 This was an interesting departure — I’ve rarely read anything Francophilic for the Grand Alliance period, and my previous…

September 3, 2018

Review: Good Morning, Mr. Mandela, Zelda la Grange

Rating: 5 out of 5 This is a story of the full depth of human emotion. We are not dealing with an unbiased look…

August 27, 2018

Review: Surely, You Are Joking, Mr Feynman, Richard P. Feynman

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a wonderful moment when one reads the words of another person, and in these finds that they…

August 8, 2018

Review: The Private Lives of the Saints, Janina Ramirez

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 It is my innate liking of Anglo-Saxon Britain which makes me rate this at 3.5/5 rather than any particular…

July 27, 2018

Review: Warlords of Ancient Mexico, Peter G. Tsouras

Rating: 5 out of 5 I tend to like the books which are accessible and yet take us into mostly unexplored worlds. This one…

July 24, 2018

Review: Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman

Rating: 3 out of 5 I thought this was average at best. It wasn’t that the stories are bad — I know them from…

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…

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