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Book Review: Conquer or Die: Wellington’s Veterans & the Liberation of the New World by Ben Hughes

Posted on 19/02/201720/02/2017 by Simon

  I was aware that there were a few individuals involved in the liberation of some of South America from Spanish rule – Thomas Cochrane…

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Book Review: How To Manage Your Slaves by Marcus Sidonius Falx (with Jerry Toner)

Posted on 13/02/201712/02/2017 by Simon

This is a wonderful little book. Written by Marcus Sidonius Falx (as told to Jerry Toner), it takes us one step at a time through the process of…

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Book Review: Defending the Motherland by Lyuba Vinogradova

Posted on 11/02/201709/02/2017 by Simon

Most people interested in the history of the Second World War are aware that many women in the Soviet Union took up arms against the…

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Book Review: The Story of Egypt by Joann Fletcher

Posted on 07/02/201706/02/2017 by Simon

Ancient Egypt is a place shrouded in myth, mystery and misunderstanding, much of it seemingly deliberately inspired by the people themselves. In other words, it…

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Book Review: Cairo in the War 1939-1945 by Artemis Cooper

Posted on 06/02/201706/02/2017 by Simon

From a British point of view, events in the Middle East and North Africa during the Second World War were at least as important as…

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Book Review: The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox

Posted on 28/01/201706/02/2017 by Simon

This is a very dense book! In 600 pages, it aims to cover a period of nearly a thousand years; a period that still forms…

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