Tag Archives: England

Book Review: How To Behave Badly In Elizabethan England

Posted on March 23, 2019 by nathanalbright

How To Behave Badly In Elizabethan England:  A Guide For Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, And Braggarts, by Ruth Goodman It is a common saw that you cannot please everyone all of the time, but this book does … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Henry IV: Part 2

Posted on March 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

Henry IV:  Part 2, by William Shakespeare Why is this play named the way it is?  On the one hand, there is a seamless connection to the first play, of which this is an obvious sequel, but on the other … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Henry IV: Part 1

Posted on March 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

Henry IV:  Part 1, by William Shakespeare I must admit that as a reader of Shakespeare’s plays that I find a great deal less enjoyment out of his historical plays than I do out of most of his other plays.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Summer Of Blood

Posted on March 9, 2019 by nathanalbright

Summer Of Blood:  England’s First Revolution, by Dan Jones I found this book to be a compelling look at an attempted revolution in England, one which has been a context to numerous other readings I have done, and a troubling … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Magna Carta: The Birth Of Liberty

Posted on March 9, 2019 by nathanalbright

Magna Carta:  The Birth Of Liberty, by Dan Jones While this book may not be the only book about the subject one would want to read, it certainly demonstrates that historian Dan Jones has been able to profitably expand upon … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Fall Of Arthur

Posted on February 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Fall Of Arthur, by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien I must admit that while I liked this book a great deal, reading this book made me ponder something about the way that the fragmentary writings of the dead … Continue reading →

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The Roots Of The Mountains: A Missing Piece Of The Puzzle

Posted on February 1, 2019 by nathanalbright

Sometimes important books do not make their presence obvious.  What if I told you there was a book, a reasonably sized book of about 400 pages of reading that managed to explain three different but interconnected historical mysteries.  One, where … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Amazing Grace

Posted on September 23, 2018 by nathanalbright

Amazing Grace:  William Wilberforce And The Heroic Campaign To End Slavery, by Eric Metaxas I actually read this book once before, more than a decade ago, before watching the excellent movie based on the life of William Wilberforce, but it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fatal Journey

Posted on September 6, 2018 by nathanalbright

Fatal Journey:  The Final Expedition Of Henry Hudson, by Peter C. Mancall For some reason, which I am not consciously aware of, I have a taste for reading books about historical mutinies for some reason or another from time to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Brighton Rock

Posted on August 22, 2018 by nathanalbright

Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene I must admit I am a bit puzzled why this book is considered to be among Greene’s “great” novels instead of among his entertainments.  To be sure, this novel delves very deep into the practical … Continue reading →

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