Narrative History – Page 20

September 13, 2018

Review: This Sceptred Isle: Empire, Vol. 2, Christopher Lee

Rating: 5 out of 5 This is a superb overview of the problems and successes of the British in about a hundred years after…

September 6, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 I really enjoyed this one; the scope was broad and the inclusive style of the author took in the…

September 6, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 I took a liking to the story of Mr Shackleton and the ill-fated Imperial Transantarctic Expedition nearly as soon…

September 4, 2018

Rating: 3 out of 5 I found this an enlightening series, mostly based on the fact that everyone knows so little about the Etruscans….

September 1, 2018

Rating: 3 out of 5 This is quite directly an overview of the Celts as it is understood by the most recent researchers: Scotland,…

August 23, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 The Spitfire is a plane most everyone can imagine when it gets mentioned. But, really, it is far more…

August 8, 2018

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…

August 2, 2018

Rating: 4 out of 5 I enjoyed this narrative throughout though I was a bit surprised about the beginning — it felt more disjointed…

July 27, 2018

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

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