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 […]
This is one in a range of books about surviving in different times and places in history. This book seemed apt for me to review. The books covers almost everything you would need to know to literally get by in medieval England. With chapters on Social Structure, Housing, Beliefs, Clothing, Food and Shopping, Health, Work, […]
Churchill’s Wrens and the Y Service in World War II. There seems to be a huge uplift in books written about sneaky beaky activities from World War 2. This is a book isn’t written about code breaking station at Bletchley Park which has already been made famous by a number of films and books. But […]
A photographic album of the the First World War’s greatest ace – Manfred Von Richthofen. you only have to mention the German Airforce in World War 1 and everyone will know the Red Baron. Must be kind of annoying for the other 7,000 members of the German airforce. This is more than just a picture […]
