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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 three posts per month
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Oct 2021 3
Nov 2021 3
Dec 2021 5
Jan 2022 5
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 1

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

Most recent posts

New history books in September 2024
A great list this month, possibly the largest number of high quality history books published in a single month since my records began! (in 2019) There are four in particular that I'm looking out for, …
On , by Anthony Webb, 265 words
History book prize shortlists 2024
History book prizes divide opinion - how can you ever fairly decide on a 'best' book? What does best even mean? And how come my book didn't win? Personally I like them. Even trying to …
On , by Anthony Webb, 301 words
Tracks on the Ocean - review
Our review of Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel, by Sara Caputo, first published in August 2024. Tracing a history of ships track on maps from their inception about …
On , by Anthony Webb, 1,740 words