Multi-Period
Imagining Vietnam
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McLean gives us a pocket history of Vietnam in the form of eight short stories, each set in a period of the country’...Read Review
The Visitor
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This debut novel has two time frames, 1880 and 1936, and begins in Morlanow, Skommow Bay (Fowey), Cornwall, when Pearl and her husband Jack have ...Read Review
The Secrets of Armstrong House
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The Secrets of Armstrong House is about, in the main, Charles Armstrong, a flighty, difficult, unreliable sort of fellow – the heir to the ...Read Review
Homeland
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I have always enjoyed E.V.Thompson’s books, and this one did not disappoint. The story starts in 1817 just as the Scottish ...Read Review
New Stars for Old
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Being an astronomy buff, I was fascinated by this collection of fictional scenes and letters, giving glimpses of the history of astronomy through ...Read Review
What Is Masculinity? Historical Dynamics from Antiquity to the Contemporary World
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This five-part book collects essays arising from a conference held at Birkbeck College, University of London in May 2008, asking ‘What is Masculinity? How ...Read Review
The Dig: In Search of Coronado’s Treasure
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Jim Hunt is desperate for a change. After losing his archeology scholarship, his girlfriend walks out on him and their infant daughter. Without ...Read Review
Fashioning History: Current Practices and Principles
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This is a book on historical practice and the methods used to fashion the past. How should historians position themselves in order to ...Read Review
My Ghosts
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It might be said that Canadian author Mary Swan’s latest novel, My Ghosts, isn’t for everyone. Readers, for example, who like ...Read Review
Sex, Gender and Social Change in Britain Since 1880
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This is a book dealing with wide-ranging and controversial themes within the scope of sex and gender issues in Britain: from sex within ...Read Review