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History and its Bastards. Greedy, Greedy Bastards.

King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. by Adam Hochschild

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple

May 29, 2023 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

I think I am going to spend my Memorial Day weekend writing about history. And it’s not going to be about the nice bits of history, either. I have been holding off on a number of these reviews because sometimes the subject matter was just a little too depressing. At best, we are dealing with a conga line of arseholes. At best. And at worst? Well, we’re dealing with some pretty bad ‘at worsts’ here…  The first book is Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost: A […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, adam hochschild, bastards, Belgium, Congo, East India Company. Clive you dickhead, EIC, India, king leopold's ghost, the Anarchy, the company, William Dalrymple

LittlePlat's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, adam hochschild, bastards, Belgium, Congo, East India Company. Clive you dickhead, EIC, India, king leopold's ghost, the Anarchy, the company, William Dalrymple ·
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I think George RR Martin read this before writing A Game of Thrones.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

August 7, 2022 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Ken Follett left his journalism career after three years of boredom to work for a small, London-based book publisher in the late-1970s. He began writing fiction as a hobby, and became proficient enough to end up earning money at it. With the publication of The Eye of the Needle in 1978, Follett entered the international stage and super stardom, selling 10 million copies. For the next several years, he wrote several best sellers and seemed set on a path to writing airport novels. Everything changed […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, Ken Follett, the Anarchy, The Pillars of the Earth

ingres77's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, Ken Follett, the Anarchy, The Pillars of the Earth ·
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