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April 24, 2020

Review: Secrets and Lies / The Trial of Christine Keeler, Christine Keeler

Rating: 3 out of 5 I finished this a long while ago now, but I wanted to wait with a review such that I’d…

April 21, 2020

Review: The Anarchy, William Dalrymple

Rating: 5 out of 5 This is a great overview with insightful analysis — including the author noting times when other researchers disagree with…

February 27, 2020

Review: As it Happened, Clement Attlee

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a remarkable opportunity to find a man who has occupied every great office of state and yet…

January 6, 2020

Review: A Spy Among Friends, Ben Macintyre

Rating: 5 out of 5 This was a really good story! Good not because of its morality or straightforwardness, but because the history that…

November 27, 2019

Review: Waterloo, Tim Clayton

Rating: 4 out of 5 Waterloo was a defining point of the 19th century. By 1815, the United Kingdom — and the Royal Army…

November 23, 2019

Review: Crimea, Orlando Figes

Rating: 3 out of 5 Average at best. Mr Figes seems to be a fan of recounting facts, one after another. This makes for…

November 19, 2019

Review: The King’s Speech, Mark Logue

Rating: 4 out of 5 Many probably know some of ‘The King’s Speech’s story through the relatively recent film. I had seen the film…

November 8, 2019

Review: The Adventure of English, Melvyn Bragg

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 29, 2019

Review: Bertie, Jane Ridley

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a wonder to read two biographies of relatively similar people in close succession. For me, one was…

October 29, 2019

Review: William Pitt the Younger, William Hague

Rating: 2 out of 5 I had the misfortune to read another biography — one which I liked a lot more — right after…

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