Advantages: very informative, a great complement to the TV series, well illustrated Disadvantages: likely to appeal to quite a specific audience
Edwardian Farm had been on my Christmas and birthday lists since the end of 2011, but I only managed to get hold of a copy this New Year, thanks to ordering it from Waterstones. You can probably guess from the above that it’s not the easiest book to lay h ...
Advantages: Good insight into Elizabeth's personality, of those around her, and general background Disadvantages: None
So many biographies have been written about the life and times of one of England's longest-lived and longest-reigning sovereigns of medieval times that one might wonder whether there is anything new left to say about her. However, Tracy Borman has found a ...
Advantages: Realistic, stark portrait of the end of the Romanov saga Disadvantages: None
The city of Ekaterinburg was once regarded as imperial Russia’s gateway to the east. In 1918 it became symbolic with one of the most savage executions, or might we say liquidations, ever recorded in history – the cold-blooded annihilation of the former T ...
Advantages: Entertaining read, interesting broad account of Edinburgh's history Disadvantages: Possible historical inaccuracies, romanticization, omissions/neglect of particular topics
Edinburgh is an intriguing city, a place which I fell in love with and came to call my home. In a very unique way, Edinburgh manages to have a sort of ‘village’ atmosphere and yet it has a grand architecture and topography that reminds you that it was on ...
Advantages: Very well-researched, sometimes wryly amusing account of the Brtish Empire Disadvantages: None
In the 21st century, the British Empire may be an anachronism, something for which hand-wringing politicians and church leaders may be ever ready to apologise. Many of us have grown up just as the last imperial remnants overseas were crumbling away. Yet ...
