The Roman Empire is one of those historical entities that almost everyone in the West knows something about, even if they are not really interested…
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I have read several books about the Romanovs over the years, mainly individual biographies. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Nicholas II. Some of these…
Anyone with an interest in Roman history, be that in fiction or non-fiction, will often come across military passages where various items of equipment are…
Portugal has had, in many ways, a troubled history. At the extreme west of Europe, facing the Atlantic Ocean, the country has always seemed far…
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…
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…
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…
This book enthralled and frustrated me in equal measure. In the preface, Peter Frankopan describes how his interest in history was born, and how he…
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…