A deeply engaging and hugely enjoyable history of four women who ruled England before female monarchs became acceptable with the accession of Mary followed by Elizabeth
December 4, 2022
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Writers relationships with their publishers have frequently been fraught with tension and dislike. This charming and wonderfully engaging book shows that different relationships are also possible.
September 7, 2019
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Stephen Church is interested in the historical King John, his life and context and this very engaging book gives King John his due.
August 3, 2017
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A wildly entertaining and very gripping history of an extraordinary man whose career would strain the limits of fiction.
June 17, 2017
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A hugely engaging and enjoyable book about the work that was needed to be done in order to get the various crusades launched and maintained.
April 29, 2017
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n engaging, unexpected, thoughtful and smartly argued book about a possibly absurd question, what made ancient Romans laugh?
July 24, 2015
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A very engaging and informative history of Copernicus who proposed and largely demonstrated that the Earth revolves the sun and not the other way around.
June 19, 2015
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This is a gripping and exciting book about two potentially dull topics, stockbroking and technology.
February 13, 2015
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Engaging and unexpected, Simon Winder meanders through the astonishing history of Central Europe via the Habsburg family and the Empire they collected, managed and finally lost.
July 11, 2014
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Socrates’ trial and death gave Western philosophy its first martyr, the problem with martyrdom is that the act itself obliterates the context it occurred in.
February 8, 2014
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