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A blog reading and reviewing popular history books. We review great (hopefully!) new (probably...) history (certainly 🙂) books - that you might otherwise overlook.

  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly two posts per month
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Jan 2022 1
Feb 2022 1
Mar 2022 2
Apr 2022 6
May 2022 2
Jun 2022 4
Jul 2022 2
Aug 2022 2
Sep 2022 3
Oct 2022 3
Nov 2022 4
Dec 2022 3
Jan 2023 2
Feb 2023 2
Mar 2023 5
Apr 2023 4
May 2023 4
Jun 2023 3
Jul 2023 3
Aug 2023 4
Sep 2023 1
Oct 2023 3
Nov 2023 3
Dec 2023 3
Jan 2024 5
Feb 2024 1
Mar 2024 3
Apr 2024 1
May 2024 5
Jun 2024 1
Jul 2024 3
Aug 2024 2
Sep 2024 4
Oct 2024 2
Nov 2024 2
Dec 2024 4
Jan 2025 0

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

New history books in January 2025
It's the first post of the new year 2025 and unlike every other website on the internet I am going to start with a damp squib rather than a bang. Hopefully we will build to …
On , by Anthony Webb, 253 words
The Invention of Good and Evil - review
Our review of The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality, by Hanno Sauer, first published in September 2024. While not really about history and not really about good and evil The …
On , by Anthony Webb, 2,037 words
The Wager - review
Our review of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann, first published in May 2023. The story of a British naval expedition and subsequent shipwreck in the mid 18th century, …
On , by Anthony Webb, 1,176 words