A brilliant piece of historical research and a highly entertaining story.
May 18, 2010
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The remarkable story of the last judicial duel in France, a fight to the death between two knights to prove the innocence of the survivor or the guilt of the dead knight. Saturday 29th December 1386, Jean de Carrouges and Jean Le Gris met in mortal combat after de Carrouges
May 4, 2010
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This is a fascinating and highly entertaining book about the first man to build a lighthouse out at sea.
April 8, 2010
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This is a fascinating biography of Samuel Sewall, one of the judges at the Salem Witch trials, the religious and political context in which he lived and the long term consequences of the Witch trials on his life.
April 1, 2010
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This is a dense, detailed and utterly griping account of the context, causes and consequences of a cholera outbreak in Hamburg in 1892 that claimed 10,000 lives.
March 17, 2010
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This superbly written book examines the first decade of the Restoration of the monarchy in England after the Civil Wars and the reign of Cromwell.
March 11, 2010
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A very enjoyable and lucid investigation of the death of Attila the Hun.
February 11, 2010
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On the 18th November 1987 there was a fire in King’s Cross Underground station that killed 31 people, thirty of these victims were identified within two weeks, the final victim was not positively identified for sixteen years.
February 4, 2010
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A superb overview of the span of the Roman Empire from the collapse of the Republic to the last Emperor.
November 16, 2009
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In one of the greatest practical jokes in history modern Europe was born because the end of the world failed to arrive when it was expected.
October 29, 2009
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