This is a fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln that places him firmly in his historical and political context.
October 18, 2009
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Lois G. Schwoerer has written a gripping and insightful biography of one of the central characters in the violently sectarian politics of Restoration London.
June 22, 2009
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Some history books become historical artifacts in themselves as express ideas and specific attitudes that are more revealing than the intended content of the book.
May 25, 2009
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On the 20th of April 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attempted to blow up Columbine High School, Colorado, they were positioned in the car park to pick off the survivors escaping from the blast, the bombs failed to go, they entered the school and killed 13 people, severely injured more before committing suicide.
May 3, 2009
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A true life murder in 1860 is the starting point for a wider investigation of the crime, detection, privacy and family in Victorian England. On the 30th July 1860 a small boy was taken from his bed and savagely murdered. It was a sensational murder that gripped the public imagination,
April 11, 2009
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This is a very well written, detailed and thought provoking book that lives up to its sub-title. As an Irishman, for me the English Civil war was lost in the shadow cast by Oliver Cromwell, a shadow long enough to still appear in current political rhetoric here. This book provides
March 26, 2009
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This is the amazing story of the “Spice Race” and the extraordinary and unexpected consequences arising from it. Spices had an enormous importance in the 15th & 16th centuries, both for food preparation and preservation and more importantly in medicine. Nutmeg in particular was considered an essential part of the
February 25, 2009
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All I knew about the great sea battle between the Ottoman Navy and the Holy League, a fleet put together by various European countries, was a stray line from a poem about Don Juan of Austria going to Lepanto. This excellent book provides a vivid and very enjoyable account of
February 7, 2009
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