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Great Bastards of History by Jure Fiorillo

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Jure Fiorillo’s Great Bastards of History: True and Riveting Accounts of the Most Famous Illegitimate Children Who Went on to Achieve Greatness is about t...

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The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Jeff Grim / 4 Comments

I finished James Bradley’s The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War a few days ago and I have been thinking about the book ever since.  He ...

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In the Mail: The Great Medieval Heretics

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Cover via Amazon The Great Medieval Heretics: Five Centuries of Religious Dissent by Michael Frassetto From the Publisher Replete with terror, passion, and hope...

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In the Mail: The Spartacus War

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss Publishers Weekly No one presents the military history of the ancient world with greater insight and panache than Strauss (Th...

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Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, edited by Chris McNab

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, edited by Chris McNab, is a wonderful resource for any Napoleonic Wars buff.  The book is a compilation o...

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65th Anniversary of the Malmedy Massacre

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Jeff Grim / 1 Comment

On this date, 65 years ago the Malmedy Massacre took place – this was when the Waffen-SS murdered 115 American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. Th...

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