Format: ebookPublished: September 1st, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History Rating: 5/5 Stars I’ve been able to read a few books more recently which set out to spotlight overlooked historical figures, and they’ve all been pretty great. This is no exception. Abraham and Woolf present these short biographies that show Victorian Britain really wasn’t as monolithicContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Black Victorians: Hidden in History by Keisha N. Abraham, John Woolf”
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One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3
I keep meaning to do these a bit more often, but other stuff often gets in the way and, well, it’s been a long time! But they seem to be popular posts so here’s another one. These are one sentence book reviews for the last 5 books I’ve read at the time of writing. OneContinueContinue reading “One Sentence Book Reviews – Part 3”
Book Review: The Celts: Search for a Civilization by Alice Roberts
Format: PaperbackPublished: October 5th, 2015Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – History Rating: 5/5 Stars This has been on my TBR for a good while, and I was really glad I finally got to it. ‘Celts’, as a whole, are a tricky subject. There are many people who claim to be ‘Celtic’, but even now there’s a lackContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Celts: Search for a Civilization by Alice Roberts”
Book Review: Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane
Format: ebookPublished: January 27th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – Politics Rating: 5/5 Stars Nan Sloane has done an excellent job in detailing, as much as possible, the lives of women who had an impact of politics, before women were even able to have a proper voice within politics. She explores the lives of women – notablyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane”
#5OnMyTBR: Titles Starting With a ‘U’
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. When I initially saw this, my first reaction was basically “…how?”. I didn’t expect to have many books beginning with U on my list atContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Titles Starting With a ‘U’”
Unwrapping Words 