england – Page 2 – Meditations

May 13, 2020

Review: Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir

Rating: 2 out of 5 Well, I stepped into this myself. I know how Ms Weir writes and what she writes about. What I…

March 14, 2020

Rating: 2 out of 5 This was underwhelming. I like Marc Morris’ writings, but this book didn’t read as one. Combining essays into a…

March 13, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 I read two histories that could have been one. One of these was Isabella’s biography; the second was Edward…

March 13, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 In a surprising twist, I accidentally planned books on Isabella and Edward III to be read one after the…

December 31, 2019

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Aethelflaed’s character has been an interesting one to read about for a long while. It is clear that the…

November 8, 2019

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 It would not be fair to say that I utterly disliked this book. What made me dislike this was…

October 7, 2019

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Bryson seems to capture the perfect image from Great Britain (he does not speak of Ireland) in this…

August 6, 2019

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…

March 26, 2019

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

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