This is part of the Images of war book series and is one of my favourite types of books – one with lots of photos. one of the main elements of this book is that it looks at a little covered unit in World War two. While we have lots of books and coverage of […]
A big gap in my knowledge around the medieval period is the War of the Roses. Studying German medieval combat means I don’t get to worry about the medieval Game of Thrones that happens during the 15th century in England. That said recently, it has become a point of interest. So I jumped at the […]
This book is slightly off topic for us but as it is firmly in our period, I thought it would be worth a read. Gardens during this cover covered in the book appear not just to be practical, but also tie into religion as well as recreational spaces. Who knew? This book is very well […]
I was excited when this book arrived, so much so that it jumped the review queue. We spend most of our time working out what the manuscripts tells us about self defence and combat in terms of injuring or killing each other. One thing we don’t really consider is medicine. Yet one thing I always […]
