Where I chronicle my attempts to get through hundreds of kindle books, my personal library, library books and my NetGalley requests
Thanks to HQ and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book is set during a really rather fascinating period of British History, the period which formed the bedrock of the later War of the Roses. The year is 1399 and Constance of York, Lady Despenser, King Richard’s cousin decides to stir the decidedly risky pot of courtly intrigue.
Thanks to Orion and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
It’s not very often that a Classics themed book appears on NetGalley but when they do, I hit that Request button with the power of a thousand fiery suns. I wasn’t familiar with Turney as a writer before reading this novel, but I’ve added Caligula to my Audible wish list on the strength of this novel.
Thanks to HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
Superior is an especially topical book considering the current political climate in the West. Through the election of Trump, the emergence of the alt-right, increasing nationalism and Brexit we are seeing a resurgence in discourse around race science. In this book Saini explores the past and current context of race science and dismantles some of the myths and assumptions that surround the issue of biological race and the problem of setting the benchmark of measuring humanity against white westerners.
Thanks to John Murray Press and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is a pretty cool idea for a book. The author goes on a personal odyssey, visiting the locations from some of the great European ‘epics’ – myths, legends, literature and folklore, whilst exploring his own life and the impact these tales still have on cultures and people today. What an awesome premise for a book.
Thanks to Penguin Books UK and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
What a wonderful book! Gorgeously written, evocative, enthralling, sumptuous… how many positive adjectives can I use to describe this? Quite simply, this is the kind of book I want to buy for everyone I know.
Continue reading ““Underland” by Robert Macfarlane”
Thanks to Bloomsbury and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This review is terribly late. In my defence, I was approved for it a good while after publication date. I also own both editions of The Silk Roads (the children’s version is absolutely fabulous) and bought the audiobook too so I hope I’ve made it up to Professor Frankopan.
Thanks to Yale University Press and NetGalley for providing me with an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is an important book in a much-overlooked topic. All too often in historical writing we see white women being given a free pass when it comes to their culpability for the horrors of slavery. This book seeks to set the record straight and change our assumptions about antebellum women slave-owners.
Continue reading ““They Were Her Property” by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers”
