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Category: Narrative History

December 30, 2025

Arvustus: Eesti kihelkonnakirikud, Mati Laur

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Mati Lauri ülevaade kihelkondadest on pigem lühike tekstide poolest, kuid selle peamine väärtus on rikkalik pildimaterjali. Neist piltidest kõige sümpaatsemad…

December 23, 2025

Review: Showa 1926-1939, Shigeru Mizuki

Rating: 3 out of 5 I think I started this altogether some three times before managing to go through it. Partially this was because…

December 21, 2025

Review: The Asian Financial Crisis 1995–98, Russell Napier

Rating: 1 out of 5 I wrote a review for this title about fifty times, listening to it while out and about. Only putting…

December 15, 2025

Arvustus: Universitas vasallorum, German Lebedev & Kristjan Kaljusaar

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Kuidagi läks nii et selle raamatuni jõudmine võttis mul väga palju aega. Tegu on siiski suhteliselt lühikese teosega, mis üritab…

November 12, 2025

Review: Clouds Above the Hill Vol. IV, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Shiba’s final instalment in the Clouds Above the Hill series is one that can bring about many memories…

October 5, 2025

Review: Clouds Above the Hill Vol. III, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Shiba’s writings are definitely in the top when looking at historical fiction, or historical journalism as the author’s…

October 2, 2025

Review: The White Ship, Charles Spencer

Rating: 4 out of 5 The story of the White Ship (Blanche-Nef) is probably mentioned to some degree in most histories of England as…

September 9, 2025

Review: The Johnstown Flood, David McCullough

Rating: 5 out of 5 I found the book very interesting altogether, though I rather picked it up because I wanted to read something…

September 3, 2025

Review: Liberty’s Exiles, Maya Jasanoff

Rating: 5 out of 5 I picked this book and author up because of her participation in the Empire podcast where I found the…

August 17, 2025

Review: Mosquito, Rowland White

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 I’ve generally really liked Mr White’s overviews as they are relatively light-hearted but still informative. I began the plane…

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