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February 15, 2019

Review: The Day of Doom, Michael Wigglesworth

Rating: 3 out of 5 It’s not that I dislike the poem — I think too many of the other people here have fallen…

January 28, 2019

Review: The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan

Rating: 2 out of 5 I found that I had a problem with this book. We have a British author who wants to re-centre…

December 7, 2018

Review: Common Sense, Thomas Paine

Rating: 4 out of 5 This work presents a compelling case for independence as opposed to other methods of government and treats this in…

December 4, 2018

Review: Farewell Address, George Washington

Rating: 5 out of 5 There are two sentiments in this well-known piece which echo through the years — the first is of the…

December 2, 2018

Review: Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow

Rating: 5 out of 5 Hamilton, the arch-Federalist, is a typically maligned fellow in the history of these United States as it probably would…

November 17, 2018

Review: Hamilton the Musical

Rating: 5 out of 5 Absolutely loved it — but to be clear, I haven’t seen it but just listened to it. There is…

November 4, 2018

Review: The Elusive Mr Pond, Barry Gough

Rating: 2 out of 5 Oh Peter, Oh Peter Pond, what a figure you are… Mr Gough’s work makes you sound like a misunderstood…

October 29, 2018

Review: Archipelago, Richard Grigg

Rating: 4 out of 5 This was a solid overview of the geological factors which have created the Hawaiian Islands with the complimentary diversions…

August 31, 2018

Review: Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall

I recently read Tim Marshall’s ‘Prisoners of Geography’, and this short post here is meant to be a brief look at some points within…

July 22, 2018

Review: This Sceptred Isle: Empire, Vol. 1, Christopher Lee

Rating: 4 out of 5 ‘Empire’s first installment sounded a bit weaker to me than my recollections of the previous series’. This could be…

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