As featured
Military Heritage Magazine - Spring 2025
As featured
Military Heritage Magazine - Spring 2025
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars If you’re visiting Madrid, this is an ideal travel companion. It will certainly help any visitor to make the most of their stay, with invaluable information about the places of interest and some incredible places to eat. With such a vast selection of restaurants and bars, it’s always difficult as a stranger to know which to choose. My aunt lives in Madrid, right in the middle of the golden triangle and I mentioned some of the establishments to her. She was familiar with most of them and endorsed the author’s selection. The book is well laid out, so it’s easy to plan a visit and navigate an area using this guide. It’s packed with photos of buildings and areas of cultural interest and more than that, there’s a lot of information about the city of Madrid, how it developed and its significance in Spanish history. It’s more than a guide, packed with information and as an armchair visitor, with the colour plates, I felt as if I’d actually spent.. Read more
NetGalley, Anita Wallas
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars If you’re visiting Madrid, this is an ideal travel companion. It will certainly help any visitor to make the most of their stay, with invaluable information about the places of interest and some incredible places to eat. With such a vast selection of restaurants and bars, it’s always difficult as a stranger to know which to choose. My aunt lives in Madrid, right in the middle of the golden triangle and I mentioned some of the establishments to her. She was familiar with most of them and endorsed the author’s selection. The book is well laid out, so it’s easy to plan a visit and navigate an area using this guide. It’s packed with photos of buildings and areas of cultural interest and more than that, there’s a lot of information about the city of Madrid, how it developed and its significance in Spanish history. It’s more than a guide, packed with information and as an armchair visitor, with the colour plates, I felt as if I’d actually spent.. Read more
NetGalley, Anita Wallas
There are many books on the Vietnam War and more specifically on many of the individual battles. However, the story of Kham Duc has largely gone untold. And generally it is misunderstood. Both of the authors of this book have a unique perspective as McLeroy was actually in the battle and Sanders was briefed on the battle and actually took part in retaking the site two years later. And what follows in this book is the most detailed analysis of this crucial battle in May 1968, the reasons why it occurred, and the conclusion of the story when Kham Duc was retaken two years later. The rather intriguing title of “Bait” draws you in to the idea that what little the reader may know about the battle could be questioned and I can’t think of a more appropriate title. Kham Duc was a Special Forces camp located near the Laotian border that was used to train, equip, and dispatch local indigenous forces on patrols into Laos and the surrounding areas. About five miles south of the camp was a much.. Read more
The Military Enthusiast Book Club
There are many books on the Vietnam War and more specifically on many of the individual battles. However, the story of Kham Duc has largely gone untold. And generally it is misunderstood. Both of the authors of this book have a unique perspective as McLeroy was actually in the battle and Sanders was briefed on the battle and actually took part in retaking the site two years later. And what follows in this book is the most detailed analysis of this crucial battle in May 1968, the reasons why it occurred, and the conclusion of the story when Kham Duc was retaken two years later. The rather intriguing title of “Bait” draws you in to the idea that what little the reader may know about the battle could be questioned and I can’t think of a more appropriate title. Kham Duc was a Special Forces camp located near the Laotian border that was used to train, equip, and dispatch local indigenous forces on patrols into Laos and the surrounding areas. About five miles south of the camp was a much.. Read more
The Military Enthusiast Book Club
The Curiohaus Trials: Bringing the Nazis to Justice 1945–1949 is a well-researched account that illuminates the legal and historical dimensions of post-war justice.
NetGalley, Adam Burns
The Curiohaus Trials: Bringing the Nazis to Justice 1945–1949 is a well-researched account that illuminates the legal and historical dimensions of post-war justice.
NetGalley, Adam Burns
Informative with a nice writing style to keep one engaged. It covers an important historical topic in a way that is accessible to most audience. Focusing mostly on British women's work history, with exceptions in a couple chapters that expand a bit further. Kept me curious about each next chapter and I'm glad I was lucky enough to read this early.
NetGalley, Noura Ahmed
Informative with a nice writing style to keep one engaged. It covers an important historical topic in a way that is accessible to most audience. Focusing mostly on British women's work history, with exceptions in a couple chapters that expand a bit further. Kept me curious about each next chapter and I'm glad I was lucky enough to read this early.
NetGalley, Noura Ahmed
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The Victorian Guide to Sex
An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Reproducing original advertisements… Read more...
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Nottingham in the Great War
The years 1914-1918 cost many lives in the trenches of France and Belgium. Those trenches and the battles that were fought from them are well documented. But back home in towns and cities up and down the United Kingdom death and desperation were also apparent. Those left behind to carry on suffered from harsh winters, lack of food and fuel and flu… Read more...
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Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War
Looks at the Cardiff Pals and other local regiments who fought in the Great War and how the experience of war impacted on the area, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Cardiff were committed to as the war stretched out… Read more...
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Great War
With the large number of troops stationed in and around the area and its position as a major industrial city, which focused on armaments production, shipbuilding and heavy engineering, the realities of the war were always prominently felt in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The city played a key role in the nation's war effort, as it was a key port and the nation's… Read more...
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Chelmsford in the Great War
By the end of the Great War in 1918, 1,791 Chelmsford men were serving in the army or navy. Three hundred and ninety two of them did not return. Chelmsford in the Great War is the touching story of the people these men left behind: the munitions workers, special constables, VADs, shopkeepers, magistrates, councillors, conscientious objectors, teachers… Read more...
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Castle Point in the Great War
A brief history on the various parishes that make up the Borough of Castle Point and what life was like prior to 1915. It includes stories of suspected aliens, conscientious objectors (The peculiar People), those who claimed exemption for business reasons and British overseas internees. Read more...
'It is all free fighting here. Even some of the windows do not open, so it is useless to cry for help. Dampness and misery, violence and wrong, have left their handwriting in perfectly legible characters on the walls.' - Manchester Guardian, 1870 Step into the Victorian underworld of Angel Meadow, the vilest and most dangerous slum of the Industrial… Read more...
When people think of a World Cup manager from Barnsley, Mick McCarthy instantly springs to mind for his exploits with Ireland. But did you know one man from the town took a country to the semi-finals long before McCarthy had even kicked a ball. Barnsley's Best pays tribute to the those who have flown the flag on the biggest stage and, not content with… Read more...
