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My Favourite Fiction of 2011

On January 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Books, Cesare Borgia, Fiction, Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, reading

Following on from the previous post, I thought I’d do a short round up of some of my 2011 fiction highlights.

First off, I should say that I am a rampant abandoner of books which I’m not enjoying. I know a lot of people will plough [...]

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The Best Non-Fiction I Read In 2011

On January 2, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Books, Nuns, reading

Happy New Year everyone. One of my resolutions is to update this blog far more often. I thought I’d start with some of my reading highlights of the past year, starting with non-fiction.

My non-fiction star of 2011 was Lost Girls, which I’ve written about before so won’t do again. I love [...]

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Summer Reading

On July 17, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Books, reading

History Today has recently made a few blog posts on summer reading so I thought I’d list some of mine.

On Wednesday, I treked half-way across Edinburgh to pick up packages of books from the Royal Mail depot inconveniently located in the middle of nowhere. As well as a box set of American crime drama [...]

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More Reading

On April 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Anne Boleyn, Books, Infamous Women, reading

Well, the end of Classical Greece is only a few pages away (more of that in another post soon). However, a good two weeks ahead of schedule, Amazon have sent me this. I’ve had this on pre-order since January.

There have been numerous new books published in the last few years about [...]

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Classical Greece by Robin Osborne

On March 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Books, reading

Book 1 for the Short Oxford Histories project arrived today. It was a welcome distraction from the horrible weather (pouring rain and snow in Scotland at the moment), leaking roof and the cold that has overstayed its welcome.

I’m excited about starting and now wondering if I should stick to my arbitrary starting date [...]

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Reading Project

On March 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Books, reading

As a result of working on the Cleopatra research, I’ve remembered how much I enjoyed Ancient History at uni and how much I’ve forgotten. Consequently, I’m now reading The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox. It’s had a few Amazon reviews saying it’s dull but I’m not finding it so. This may, of course, [...]

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