

King John and Magna Carta
King John is one of the few English kings that most Americans recognize (Henry VIII, for example, is another). Even though you may know...

History reading list
As part of the Christmas gift for my mom this year, I had the idea to put together a shortlist of approachable history books. She likes...

Rorke's Drift
I'm enamored with Carnage and Culture, a book covering nine battles through the history of western civilization and attempting (rather...

Cannae
The book I'm reading now was given to me by a friend, and it's called Carnage and Culture. It looks at nine battles where 'western'...

The Decline and Fall of the French Empire
For what should be the last time (I finished the Roberts book) I'm writing a Napoleon-centric post, though I can't promise there won't be...

Origins of the Louvre
Well I'm still tackling Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts, and as always not making enough time to read. Even missing a lot of context...

Whiff of grapeshot
Everyone hopefully already knows the basics of Napoleon. He became dictator of France and conquered most of Europe before finally being...

The politics of Lewis and Clark
I finally finished Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. To be honest, I'm embarrassed it took so long. After starting on our Florida...

Tfw you see yourself in an explorer
Ok, I can finally write the post that spurred me to actually start a blog. From Undaunted Courage, written by Stephen Ambrose, chapter 9...









