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The Journey to the Mayflower by Stephen Tompkins – Review
By Sandra Callard The Journey to The Mayflower is a complicated and erudite tome regarding the years following Henry VIII’s ... -
Cats in Medieval Manuscripts by Kathleen Walker-Meikle – Review
By Victoria Holdsworth It’s well-known that the cat has been revered in many cultures through the ages, but the 15th ... -
Katherine Howard: Henry VIII’s Slandered Wife by Conor Byrne – Review
By Sandra Callard Conor Byrne is one of the country’s major historians specialising in the Tudor era, and in particular ... -
Anglo Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word and War by Claire Breay & Joanna Story – Review
By Sandra Callard The British Library has produced one of the most beautiful and informative books it has ever been ... -
The Traitors by Josh Ireland – Review
By Rachael Popow We’re used to hearing stories about British heroism during the Second World War – just look at ... -
Dickens and Christmas by Lucinda Hawksley – Review
By Karl Hornsey When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, little could he have known the impact it ... -
Spitfire People by Paul Beaver – Review
By Rich Barnett The Supermarine Spitfire, like the Jaguar E-type, has spawned a whole raft of books – so much ... -
The Road to Passchendaele by Richard Van Emden – Review
By Sarah Morgan I’m not a big history buff, and I’ve never previously read anything about the First World War, ... -
The Real Guy Fawkes by Nick Holland – Review
By Sandra Callard Guy Fawkes: religious bigot, traitor and potential murderer of kings and innocents? Or English patriot, devout Christian ... -
Myths That Shaped Our History by Simon Webb – Review
By Sandra Callard Simon Webb’s eminently readable book may draw gasps of horror, disbelief, or disdain. It may even elicit ... -
The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander – Review
By Rich Barnett Shackleton’s failure to reach the South Pole has never truly been seen as anything near a disaster, ... -
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville – Review
By Barney Bardsley The history of the Russian Revolution is not for the faint-hearted. It was one of the great ...
