๐ Book review! The Savage Storm: The Heroic True Story of One of the Least told Campaigns of WW2, by James Holland - a savage meatgrinder, but what about the book? Find our more in our review here:
https://t.co/z7qKHE91ms
#WW2#SavageStorms#HistoryBooks
๐ Book review - Tracks on the Ocean, by Sara Caputo.
The first line on a map showing a sea voyage is only 500 years old. To find out where this trail led.................................................................................................
https://t.co/khVfn8DRgm
๐Flint Tools Filed Guide: Identifying Stone Age Tools by Robert Turner - Book review!
Short, to the point, and practical! A great way to add a layer of interest to a walk ๐ชจ.
https://t.co/2tP3vZRLcR
What do Cromwell, Mangos, Manuscripts and Germans have in common?
They all feature in the ๐ new history books published in August 2024...
Follow the link for something a bit more useful on the topic!
https://t.co/tvYu3nlbmJ
๐Book review! After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric Cline.
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๐ Cyprians
๐ Assyrians
๐ Babylonians
๐ Central Canaanites (Isrealites?)
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๐ฌ Mycenaeans and Minoans
๐ Hittites
๐ Southern Canaanites
More info๐ https://t.co/g1uWTd3zcA
๐ July 2024 new history books - published in the UK ๐
Son, sea and far off lands on the shelves this month, among other things...
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For more details: https://t.co/X7fWVviaOU
#historybooks#july2024
๐ Book review: Kingdom of Characters, by Jing Tsu
A nice premise - exploring the changes in Chinese language and in language related tech over the 20th century... but the book felt arcane and abstruse.
Full review here: https://t.co/0HFzK86yfK
#history#china
๐ New history books published in June 2024 in the UK
12 on the list - mostly European plus one on Jerusalem and one on evolutionary biology / history thrown in too...
https://t.co/3ANeQi2lHY
#historybooks
๐ Book review - Discovering Pompeii by Natasha Sheldon
Covering ๐๏ธ , ๐ and ๐ , I found it an excellent way to ingest further info on the site and doomed - yet immortalised - inhabitants.
Full review here: https://t.co/qUWdY2CLwy
#pompeii#vesuvius
๐ New history books from May 2024, with a theme of colonial conflict running through many of them. More info at the link!
https://t.co/sP22VRNHQh
#history#historybooks
๐ Book review: Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England, by Eleanor Parker
Covering favourites such as: ๐คด๐ธ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐คด and ๐ด. ๐
Full review: https://t.co/JDNlUf3SUf
#Anglo-Saxons #Hereward
To celebrate our third year anniversary ๐ - here are all the history books that have received our sought after top rating (5xโญ)
If you wrote one of them: brilliant work, and looking forward to the sequel! ๐
#historybooks
๐ Book review: Arise, England, by Caroline Burt and Richard Partington
John ๐ก bad
Henry III ๐ฅบ feeble
Edward I ๐ awesome
Edward II ๐จ abjectly pathetic
Edward III ๐ my hero
Richard II ๐ฌ rubbish
https://t.co/oRaCAn7Aoh
#historybooks#john#edward#henry#richard
๐ New history books from April 2024
14 on the list, quite a high proportion of which I would like to read, although I know that for only a low percentage of this high proportion will I do so
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More info: https://t.co/frjdzLeUch
#historybooks
๐ Book review - The Nirvana Express by Mick Brown
All about Indian gurus who brought Eastern spiritualism to the West, from the late 19th C up to the 1980s. Mostly excellent, with lots of colourful characters!
Full review: https://t.co/1WooN2tEXx
#enlightenment
๐ New history books published in Mar 2024, covering:
Silver, propaganda, heresy, language, poison, Capetians, Victorian PMs and graffiti!
For more details: https://t.co/yTwt7w1Wdr
#history#historybooks#newbooks#tumbleweed
๐ Book review! Footmarks by Jim Leary
Its not the destination, but the journey... Footmarks ponders journeys from the dawn of mankind to nowadays. I loved the idea, but felt it hit a few bum notes
Full review ๐ https://t.co/b2livnupXj
#historybooks#archaeology#bumprint
๐ New history books from February 2024, covering the following topics:
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More global in scope than usual this month! More details below:
https://t.co/VuTbpzqTFG
#historybooks
๐ review - One Fine Day, by Matthew Parker
In 1923 the British Empire was the largest ever. Parker gives us a tour of the ๐ stopping off at:
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The tour is long, sometimes exhausting, but worthwhile.
https://t.co/yZ0uQPyFcO
#britishempire#History
๐ New history books from Jan 2024 ๐
Shia and Sunni, Male-Male relations, Strange deaths, Russia, Picnics, British Empire, WW2 Japan, etc etc!
More here ๐ https://t.co/YQzHEFFOBE
#history#historybooks#picnics