Confinement by Jessica Cox* – The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain – is such an interesting book. I’ve read about sexuality in Victorian Britain, but this book is dedicated to childbirth. The author is a mother of three, and she makes a…
The Brunels by Anthony Burton – father and son – is a good book. It covers a bit of their personal lives and more in depth their professional life. I wish there was a bit more about the interactions between them, thus I gave the…
Mortal Monarchs by Suzie Edge – 1000 Years of Royal Deaths – was such a disappointment. I only gave it 1 star! The book is about how the monarchs died, written by a medical historian. Her background as a medical doctor made me very excited.…
The University of Oxford by Laurence Brockliss – A Brief History is a short, less than 150 pages book with lots of pictures. He also wrote a history that has 871 pages, which must be very interesting indeed. This brief history is so well written,…
The Ingenious Victorians by John Wade – Weird and Wonderful Ideas from the Age of Innovation is such a good book. I loved everything about it, the stories, the drawings, especially as they are intertwined with the text and so many of them, offering a…
Imagining Roman Britain by Virginia Hoselitz – Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series – offers a very good overview of how Victorians saw their past. The book focuses on the mid-19th century, so around 1840s to 1850s, but goes beyond that period when…
The Life And Times Of Kitty Wilkinson by Michael Kelly is, unfortunately, a book that is not widely available in paperback, but it is available on kindle. It’s very cheap, so I highly recommend buying it. As I prefer paperback, I borrowed it from my…
I found Lady of the House by Charlotte Furness* a relaxing read. It follows the lives of three amazing women, who lived in early 19th century. Furness tried to showcase the lives of wealthy women through three case studies: Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville; Lady Mary…
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway by Anthony Dawson* – An Operating History – is such a fascinating book. It has short chapters, but filled with well researched details, on various topics. The book includes loads of primary sources and paints a vivid picture of some…
A Dark History of Gin by Mike Rendell* is a great book, a fantastic addition to the Dark History series by Pen & Sword. I think this one is one of the best in the series if not the best. It covers a wide range…
The Diary of Jack the Ripper by Shirley Harrison – The Chilling Confessions of James Maybrick – is a long book, but well worth reading. Check my notes on where the picture was taken. The book also contains the reproduction in full of the diary…
How to Tankie by Darth Putin – The Anti-Imperialist’s Guide to the Modern World. This is a must read for anyone who wants to know how to be a tankie or to understand tankies everywhere. What about Iraq? It’s not easy because: “As a tankie,…
A History of Women in Medicine and Medical Research by Dale DeBakcsy* – Exploring the Trailblazers of STEM – is a must read book, without any doubt. It is really well researched, the biographies of those fascinating women are described in a few pages, offering…
The COVID-19 Catastrophe by Richard Horton – What’s Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again – is a catastrophe in itself. Gosh this book was a disappointment. I only read it because I was at the library, waiting for something and it was…
I wanted to read How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World by Philip Hamlyn Williams* because I studied economic history last year and I liked the subject a lot. On top of that the author’s great grandfather exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. That made…
The History of the London Underground Map by Caroline Roope* is a good book, it covers both the history of the map and some of the history of the building of the tube too. I wanted to read this book because I love the tube’s…