History
Reviews of history books.
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Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson
The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
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Book review: ‘Etta Lemon’ by Tessa Boase
The woman who saved the birds.
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Book review: ‘Unofficial Britain’ by Gareth E. Rees
Journeys through unexpected places.
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Book review: ‘Thames Mudlarking’ by Jason Sandy & Nick Stevens
Searching for London’s Lost Treasures.
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Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
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Book review: ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright
Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (1974–1984).
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Book review: ‘Empire Antarctica’ by Gavin Francis
Ice, silence and emperor penguins.
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Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts
Ten species that changed our world.
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Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane
A history of a fascination.
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Book review: ‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton
Travels along Germany’s Baltic coast.
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Book review: ‘After Nature’ by W.G. Sebald
Three long-form poems, best read as prose.
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Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald
An unclassifiable masterpiece.