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“Fighting a one-man war against the twentieth century:” Jane Ridley’s Attempt to Make George V Interesting

George V: Never a Dull Moment by Jane Ridley

February 10, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

For the general reader who’s curious about Royal history and will only read one book about George V, this is the best pick. Jane Ridley is a great writer and puts lots of interesting details in here. She has a real gift for summarizing complicated topics and synthesizing them into very readable prose. One of my most intense special interests is Edward VII, so I’ve read a lot of books about him and his family. I have a collection of coronation memorabilia and a pretty […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: english history, European history, family drama, family dynamics, Jane Ridley, royalty

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:37 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: english history, European history, family drama, family dynamics, Jane Ridley, royalty ·
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News from back then

Strange Victoriana: Tales of the Curious, the Weird and the Uncanny from Our Victorian Ancestors by Jan Bondeson

December 31, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Strange Victoriana, the first from my massive pile of Christmas swag, is an entertaining collection of the weird, wonderful, spooky, salacious, and sometimes downright macabre stories taken from the Illustrated Police News (IPN) – an immensely popular tabloid of the time (you’ll have seen some of its illustrations before, particularly if you’ve ever had any kind of interest in the Jack the Ripper case which the IPN went to town on). Victorians are often thought of as incredibly repressed and prudish, while a quick peruse […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: english history, Jan Bondeson, Media, non fiction, victorian society

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:47 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: english history, Jan Bondeson, Media, non fiction, victorian society ·
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The King who brought back partying

A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow

December 30, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Charles II is an interesting figure to me, partly because he seems so much more human than the joyless Oliver Cromwell who’d preceded him having lopped Charles’ dad’s head off (also interesting to me, as despite my reading habits I’m actually anti-monarchy) but mostly influenced by the fact that before reading this, pretty much everything I knew about him was gleaned from Horrible Histories (and this song in particular – to be fair, they do a pretty decent job of covering the highlights). Thanks to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: english history, Jenny Uglow, monarchy, non fiction, social commentary

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: english history, Jenny Uglow, monarchy, non fiction, social commentary ·
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The Crown ain’t got nothing on this

Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court by Lucy Worsley

November 18, 2020 by TheShitWizard 1 Comment

For some years now I’ve been trying to work my way somewhat chronologically through English history, but a new mania for all things Georgian plus Lucy Worsley had me eagerly jumping ahead (I’m coming back for you, Charlie II, don’t worry). Inspired by the King’s Grand Staircase at Kensington Palace, commissioned by George I and featuring portraits of the servants of the Royal household, Courtiers is a brilliantly gossipy look at the reigns of Georges I and II and the different figures that peopled their […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, english history, Lucy worsley, monarchs, non fiction

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:41 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, english history, Lucy worsley, monarchs, non fiction ·
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who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

April 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 1 Comment

Yes, I know that Hamilton and Tudor England are not the same thing, but we all know that history is decided by the survivors. Who won? Whoever died last. Who was paid, how much was spent, who wielded the most glorious or secret power, who promised what to where- it does not matter. Thomas Cromwell, in the moment at least, lost. He was *centuries old spoiler alert* beheaded, and spent the last several hundred years painted as a scoundrel and a cheat. Many called him a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #Henry VIII, #Hilary Mantel, 16th century europe, anne of cleves, bring up the bodies, english gentry, english history, english reformation, historical fiction, Jane Seymour, Thomas Cromwell, thomas cromwell trilogy, Tudor England, wealth, Wolf Hall

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #Henry VIII, #Hilary Mantel, 16th century europe, anne of cleves, bring up the bodies, english gentry, english history, english reformation, historical fiction, Jane Seymour, Thomas Cromwell, thomas cromwell trilogy, Tudor England, wealth, Wolf Hall ·
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“First I’m going to have a little drinkie, and then I’m going to execute the whole bally lot of you.”

Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England by Terry Deary

August 21, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

The third book in Deary’s Dangerous Days series takes a quick jaunt around the Elizabethan era, peeking behind the jewelled skirts of the Queen to see the smallpox scars and filth-encrusted streets underneath. Given what a huge influence Elizabeth’s family and upbringing would have had on her psychology, the first half of the book focuses on them from her birth on – her psychopath father declaring her a bastard and having her mother beheaded, her sickly brother dying soon into his rule, her bloodthirsty sister […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: dangerous days, Elizabeth, english history, Terry deary

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: dangerous days, Elizabeth, english history, Terry deary ·
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