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Quickfire Sum Up: It’s an interesting if slightly disorienting history of the invasion of Sicily during the Second World War.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 Pattons out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s an entertaining memoir from a charming Napoleonic Officer.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 hussars out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A dense but entertaining history of the Peninsular War
Rating [out of 5] 4 cazadores out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A deeply engaging love letter to life in rural France.
Rating [out of 5]: 5 canards out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A History of the Napoleonic Wars as experienced first-hand by a French Soldier
Rating [out of 5]: 3 grognards out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: An exploration of the varied roles played by Native Americans on both sides of the American Civil War
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Cherokees out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The tales of a WW2 fighter pilot told with humour and charm by one of ‘The Few’.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Merlins out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A series of mini biographies for five interesting and inspiring women’s rights activists from Eastern Europe.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 auto-didacts out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: The engaging and poignant war-time diary of a British Army officer across the breadth of the Second World War.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Shermans out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A passionate (if slightly over-egged) biography of both Tolkien and his legendarium.
Rating [out of 5] 3 allegorical assumptions out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A short yet informative history of Sicily
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Nero D’Avolas out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A stylish and informative guide to Victorian London.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 crinolines out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A general history of Rome from its foundation to the reign of the Emperor Caracalla
Rating [out of 5] 3 patricians out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a overbaked history of the summer of 1940 – and sometimes even mentions planes!
Rating [out of 5] 3 Hawker Hurricanes out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A frontline history of the end of WW2 through the eyes of a tank regiment.
Rating [out of 5]: 5 stonks out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a wry chuckle through 2000 years of British history.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 punny sub-headings out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: It’s a short history of the American Civil War! Perfect for novice historians!
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Yankees out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Absolute Icon Natalie Haynes guides you through a slew of the most evocative women of Ancient Greek myth.
Rating [out of 5]: 5 kraters out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A female-centric history of the Wars of the Roses from Marguerite of Anjou to Elizabeth of York.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 wheels of fortune out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The history and development of the tank from 1916-1945 largely told by the people who experienced it.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 wry remarks out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: An academic discussion of black woman protagonists in 21st century science fiction.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 psychoanalytical readings out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The first part of Obama’s memoirs, covering his upbringing, his rise through Democratic ranks and his first term as the 44th President of the United States
Rating [out of 5]: 4 partisan issues out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A guide to the career options open to well-to-do younger sons in Regency England that can’t quite bring itself to explore the darker side of what a ‘Career in the Colonies’ truly meant.
Rating [out of 5]: 2 nepotisms out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A short but snappy analysis of Populism and Politics, with a side helping of Lacan, Trump and Jeremy Corbyn.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 “libidinals” out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A dense and un-engaging account of the Spanish Civil War
Rating [out of 5]: 2 Falangists out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A collection of revolutionary pamphlets from that guy™ from that one line™ in Hamilton
Rating [out of 5]: 2 distinctly un-intersectional rants out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A timely and accessible primer on White Privilege and Structural Racism that should be read by everyone.
Rating [out of 5] 5 intersectional criticisms out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A scathing (if dense) attack on revisionist history and people that want to make communism the greatest evil of the world.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 written rebukes out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: The history of 7th century Saxons, with a generous helping of Archaeology.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 Shieldwalls out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A History of the unsung heroes of the “French” Resistance.
Rating [out of 5]: 4 radical antifas out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: Crams too much into too little and doesn’t even do it that well
Rating [out of 5]: 2 “social constructs” out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: A comprehensive guide to resistance, rebellions and revolts against the British Empire from the 1850s to 1950s
Rating [out of 5]: 4 morally justified mutinies out of 5
Quickfire Sum Up: A look into the life of ‘England’s First Revolutionary’ – Simon de Montfort.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 noble tantrums out of 5.
Quickfire Sum Up: Witty and humane – and heart-warmingly honest.
Rating [out of 5]: 3 eccentric customers out of 5. [4 if you’ve worked in customer service]
Quickfire Sum-Up: Short and funny, but ultimately forgettable.
Rating: 3 Amanda Holdens out of 5
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