england – Meditations

January 4, 2024

Review: In Search of the Dark Ages, Michael Wood

Rating: 4 out of 5 It’s almost a given that anyone writing about the Anglo-Saxons covers the same few moments: the end of Roman…

December 25, 2023

Rating: 5 out of 5 Who doesn’t know the name of William Marshal and his story? Though the man is very famous, I waited…

July 17, 2023

Rating: 3 out of 5 I have read a lot of Ms Alison Weir. In general, my problem with her history is that due…

April 10, 2023

Rating: 4 out of 5 Mr Morris’ look into the Anglo-Saxons is interesting, but probably aims to do too much. It’s very good to…

September 5, 2022

Rating: 3 out of 5 I am reviewing this a long time after getting through the book. This isn’t because of any problem that…

August 13, 2021

Rating: 3 out of 5 The name of the Black Prince often passes through the pages of other histories with the remarks of how…

January 5, 2021

Rating: 4 out of 5 I kind of stumbled into this post-Civil War military & political history, or, at least, it wasn’t my intention…

November 27, 2020

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was disappointed in this. Norse influence in Britain is a wonderfully intricate subject, so to begin a book…

October 13, 2020

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was tricked. That can’t be right, can it? Well… It’s my fault obviously, but I still feel as…

June 12, 2020

Rating: 1 out of 5 I don’t know why I even tried reading this, having so recently tried another book by Ms Weir. Perhaps…