16th June 2024
Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy is an unputdownable read that captivated me from the first page. I devoured this book in two sittings; it would have been one, but the demands of work pulled me away. What struck me most profoundly was the realisation of...
25th April 2024
Reading *Sashenka* by Simon Sebag Montefiore was an utterly captivating experience that swept me through the tumultuous waves of the Russian Revolution into the grim shadows of the Great Terror. Montefiore has a masterful way of weaving history with deep personal...
25th March 2024
Reading James O’Brien’s How They Broke Britain was an enlightening, albeit unsettling, journey. From the first page to the last, I was engrossed in a narrative that was not only impeccably crafted but also intellectually stimulating in ways that were...
25th February 2024
Immersing myself in Simon Sebag Montefiore’s “Jerusalem: The Biography” was not just reading; it felt like traversing through the very essence of one of history’s most mystifying cities. As a huge fan of Montefiore, his eloquent prose...
6th March 2021
by Jon Biddle I’m a fickle reader and a writer, and there are few books that come across my desk that make me want to stop everything and read. Well, this one one of those books. No, I might be a tad biased and I won’t apologies. The Sharpe series was and still is my...
