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World War 1 & 2 and European History with book reviews

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History Times posts history book reviews and articles on WW1, WW2 and European and American history, including ancient and modern history.

Added on: Oct 15th, 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: Ollie
Listed in: History Big History
Tags: ancient history world war 2 european history world war 1 modern history history book reviews

Recent Posts

Digital apartheid?

Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 06:24 in business & economy, rhs, royal historical society

The Royal Historical Society. A name that doesn’t really roll off the tongue in these days of digital democracy. It sounds like a creation of extravagantly whiskered Victorian gentlemen; somewhere Finneas Fogg might have been a member of before he ...
Ancient Barbers and Hairpluckers

Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 06:10 in ancient history, ancient greece, ancient rome, history podcast

Today’s history podcast is a look at beauty customs in ancient Greece and Rome. Some of the expert beauticians of the time were tonsors and the dropacista. In our world, these are barbers and armpit pluckers. This show will also cover Greek an...
Turning The Pages Of History

Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 12:12 in out and about, national trust, william caxton, lyme park, sarum missal

In 2008 the National Trust spent almost £500,000 on saving a unique book for the nation. The Sarum Missal dates from 1487, and is the only known surviving copy. Not only that, but it is was the first book to display William Caxton’s famous pri...
Demonizing Carthage: Propaganda Wars in the Ancient Mediterranean

Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 04:43 in hannibal, carthage, livy, punic wars, polybius, hannibal & the punic wars

Carthage, the Queen of the Mediterranean, was founded by Phoenicians in 814 BCE, on the coast of what is now Tunisia. It grew to become a resplendent commercial metropolis, with multi-storied buildings, refulgent temples, libraries, marketplaces, and...
Henry VIII Weekend - Coughton Court, Warwickshire

Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 05:05 in out and about, henry viii, the tudors, national trust, coughton court

One of Warwickshire’s top tourist attractions is celebrating the 500th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s accession to the throne. Coughton Court, near Alcester, is welcoming ‘King Henry’ for a weekend of music, drama, dance, games and archery ...
Farewell to Britain’s Last Tommy

Posted on Sunday July 26th, 2009 at 16:51 in world war one, world war 1

With sadness we report the passing of Harry Patch on Saturday 25th July 2009 aged 111. Harry was Britain’s last surviving World War One Tommy. Having served as a machine gunner with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry he saw action i...