Nonfiction
Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39
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Love and hate are divided into ‘before’ and ‘after’. The year that everything changed—1933. Anaïs Nin lives in the apartment in Paris ...Read Review
A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England
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This gripping biography shines a light on the turbulent life of a hidden woman in history – Alice Spencer, an ancestor of Princess Diana. ...Read Review
A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War: An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire
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Theodore Corbett is at pains to show that by and large Britain and its Loyalist allies had the best of the maritime side ...Read Review
In the Service of the Emperor: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1931–1945
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WW2 was fought as two parallel and largely unrelated wars; the German war and the Japanese war. The Japanese war is usually regarded ...Read Review
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus
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I remember hearing, as a young woman, the World Health Organisation’s announcement of the worldwide eradication of smallpox, and my mind going ...Read Review
Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London
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Very often when choosing our favourite historical periods, we conclude our remarks with the get-out, ‘Only if I was rich.’ Jensen’s superb ...Read Review
Book of Days: How Did Daily Life Change France Between 1003 and 1975
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Book of Days is a work of extraordinary research conducted by its author, Douglas Bullis. It is not a work of fiction. Mr. ...Read Review
The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back
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As stated in the author’s subtitle, “Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back,” this nod to Eleanor Roosevelt, wife ...Read Review
Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
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Thurídur Einarsdóttir (1777-1863) was born in a hamlet on the harsh coast of Iceland, the child of a poor seasonal fishing ...Read Review
The Memory Keeper: A Journey Into the Holocaust to Find My Family
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I am reviewing these two books together, as they are very similar both in content and structure. Both authors are British-born children of ...Read Review
