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Category: Literary Reviews

December 26, 2023

Review: Persians, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Rating: 4 out of 5 This was a very good history of the Achaemenid realm. I feel, though, that the author always had to…

December 25, 2023

Review: The Greatest Knight, Elizabeth Chadwick

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…

December 24, 2023

Arvustus: Liivimaa kuningriik, Andres Adamson

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Mulle oli see teine võimalus süveneda hr Adamsoni põhjalikku käsitlusse Liivimaal olles lugenud kõigepealt läbi tema doktoritöö. Põhiline tekstist klapib,…

December 23, 2023

Review: The Popes, John Julius Norwich

Rating: 5 out of 5 The good work that Lord Norwich did with his historical books is difficult to underestimate. I have a few…

December 9, 2023

Review: Mamiya’s Maps, Sean Michael Wilson

Rating: 5 out of 5 I should start this review by saying that I’m intricately involved with this title given I’m it’s publisher. Yet,…

November 28, 2023

Review: Destiny’s Conflict, Janny Wurts

Rating: 5 out of 5 I was very deeply moved by this book. At times, it’s cruel and harsh and I wonder where the…

November 25, 2023

Review: Forging Kingdoms, Robert Fabbri

Rating: 4 out of 5 The period of the Successors is slowly continuing and we get closer and closer to the founding of a…

November 2, 2023

Review: Return of a King, William Dalrymple

Rating: 5 out of 5 I’ve read a bit of Mr Dalrymple and I was quite interested to pick up one of his earliest…

October 30, 2023

Review: The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection, Bill Bryson

Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve enjoyed Mr Bryson for many years now though the majority of his travel works are very old. This…

October 27, 2023

Review: Siege, Michael Wolff

Rating: 3 out of 5 The Trump series continues. Where do we end up? Past the mid-terms and the end of the Mueller investigation,…

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