Meanwhile the treasures and spoils of triumph from the Jewish revolt were directly translated into the monumental embellishment of Rome, the capital of Empire. The exiled Hebrews provided the slave labour in building this edific. Begun by Vespasian, the
If reading history doesn’t make you want to swear like a mom with a red-wine hangover walking barefoot through a LEGO-filled living room, then you’re not reading the right history.
James Fell is imminently funny, irreverent and an expert on …
Raul Hilberg’s THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS is arguably the most important book ever published on the Holocaust. A controversy over the German edition of Destruction lies at the assertion that historians at the Institute for Zeitgeschichte for |
In the tradition of talented Australian trailblazer feminist writers of historical fiction, Diane Armstrong and Geraldine Brooks, Alli Sinclair’s new novel A WOMAN’S VOICE is a true gem. It’s clever arc as a dual-timeline novel delves deftly into the power …
Barbara W Tuchman is is an amazing historian, twice recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, she enriches history like a terrific storyteller .
In THE MARCH OF FOLLY : FROM TROY TO VIETNAM, she does precisely as the title states, …
I have just purchased the most delightful book. The title kind of gives it away -yes, it is about music and is a compact guide for adults embarking on that scary journey – learning or relearning a musical instrument. Being …
An alternative title for this fascinating, disturbing book could be Paris in Tears. Pulitzer Prize winning Smee looks at the way art and politics are combined and how women were so restricted at the time, yet some fought …
“When I became pope, almost the first word the Curia taught me was ‘ricatto’-blackmail.”
A terrifically written , intimately detailed book that could be read in conjunction with Morrow’s ‘Pope to Pope’ .
It is the intimate diary of …
A fast paced, multi layered page turner, VIOLET KELLY AND THE JADE OWL by Fiona Britton is divided into thirty one chapters. It is of medium size and thickness.
It is set in Sydney during the 1930’s, just before the …
Based on a true life story this is a turbulent, gripping novel of an unexpected relationship. The author, Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize …