Tag Archives: non-fiction

Fierce Bad Rabbits

Posted on Oct 25, 2019 by Hannah
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Heaven is…

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Hannah
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If you’re reading this…

Posted on Apr 27, 2019 by Hannah
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Chronicle of Youth

Posted on Jan 3, 2019 by Hannah
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Margaret MacMillan Reith Lectures (research review)

Posted on Sep 27, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram This year’s #ReithLectures by my favourite #historian Margaret MacMillan are well worth a listen (search online or in your podcast app). The title of the 2018 series of lectures is The Mark of Cain. Erudite, … Continue reading →

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The Incurable Romantic (research review)

Posted on Sep 11, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram The Incurable Romantic by Frank Tallis (2018) is compulsive background reading for a writer of #historicalromance. Falling in love is “a combustable state that reproduces the symptoms of psychiatric illness” and, when love goes wrong, … Continue reading →

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Lawrence of Arabia (research review)

Posted on Sep 3, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Micheal Korda (2011). I listened to this thoughtful, even-handed biography on @audible_books whilst driving; odd hours here and there over a couple of months – … Continue reading →

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The Roses of No Man’s Land (research review)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram Out of all the books I’ve read about the #GreatWar Lyn MacDonald’s histories stand out; readable, warm and packed with the minutiae of human experience set against solid historical background. I know some historians have … Continue reading →

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Six Weeks (research review)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram If I needed a book to reassure me that I’m doing the right thing writing #historicalfiction set in the #GreatWar then this is that book. Six weeks was how long a junior officer on the … Continue reading →

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A Heavy Reckoning (research review)

Posted on Aug 7, 2018 by Hannah

View this post on Instagram ‘A Heavy Reckoning’ by Emily Mayhew. A brilliant and totally absorbing exploration by a historian of the modern reality of battlefield injuries with occasional but highly pertinent reference to the legacy of #GreatWar medical services. … Continue reading →

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