Xerxes is one of those names that anyone interested in history knows. But what do most of us know about him? Personally, I knew him…
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There is a huge amount of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome, much of it, for me, very ordinary and very repetitive. There are umpteen…
What makes a biography successful? For me, it’s finishing the book and feeling I understand something of the subject; not merely what they did or…
The term ‘geisha’ still has a certain ambiguity outside Japan. From visions of heavily dressed and theatrically made-up girls performing the tea ceremony right through…
There have probably been more books written about the Second World War than any other event in history. Every facet of the conflict has been…
? Contains adult themes ? Erotica can be a difficult genre to review. After all, what is it’s purpose? Let’s not be coy, it’s purpose is to…
Whatever you think of Napoleon Bonaparte and the catastrophic results of his military and domestic policies, he is, without doubt, one of the giants of…
Anyone interested in Roman history has probably heard of the battle of Carrhae; it was, after all, one of the greatest defeats the Roman Army…
If you’re a regular reader of historical fiction, you will know that some places and times are better served than others. Ancient Rome has more…
I remember reading ‘Stalin ate my Homework’, the first volume of Alexei Sayle’s autobiography some years ago, and thoroughly enjoying it. His family and early…