Tag Archives: England

Audiobook Review: Great Courses: Classics Of British Literature: Part 4

Posted on February 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

Great Courses:  Classics Of British Literature, Part 4, by Professor John Sutherland One gets the clearest sense of an author’s bias and agendas when one looks at “classic” literature from the period most closely to the contemporary.  At least when … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: Classics Of British Literature: Part 3

Posted on February 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

Great Courses:  Classics Of British Literature:  Part 3, by Professor John Sutherland By this point in a course, the third part of four, one ought to have some idea of what one is getting, and this is certainly the case … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: Classics Of British Literature: Part 1

Posted on February 25, 2018 by nathanalbright

Great Courses:  Classics Of British Literature:  Part 1, by John Sutherland One of the more intriguing issues in dealing with this particular course is the way that the author refers to his course as a look at classics in English … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Agincourt 1415

Posted on January 14, 2018 by nathanalbright

Agincourt 1415:  A Tourist’s Guide To The Campaign, by Peter Hoskins with Anne Curry Having read another of the author’s other books relating to the same subject [1], I was interested in reading this book to add to my trove … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Churchill, Hitler, And The Unnecessary War

Posted on January 3, 2018 by nathanalbright

Churchill, Hitler, And The Unnecessary War:  How Britain Lost Its Empire And The West Lost The World, by Patrick J. Buchanan I was recommended this book by a friend of mine who saw how I dealt with a previous book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 40 Humorous British Traditions

Posted on December 24, 2017 by nathanalbright

40 Humorous British Traditions, by Julian Worker [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Books Go Social/Net Gallery.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This is a book that is aimed at a particular audience of which … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Cloud Of Unknowing

Posted on December 23, 2017 by nathanalbright

The Cloud Of Unknowing, by Anonymous A great part of the appeal of this book to many people is trying to uncover the mystery of who wrote it.  This book is certainly a good one, and there are simply very … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Reiew: Meet Mr. Mulliner

Posted on December 12, 2017 by nathanalbright

Meet Mr. Mulliner, by P.G. Wodehouse, read by Jonathan Cecil This book is a collection of nine short stories that share a few qualities.  All of the stories are frame stories set in the Angler’s Rest pub told by one … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Love Among The Chickens

Posted on December 12, 2017 by nathanalbright

Love Among The Chickens, by P.G. Wodehouse As someone familiar with the author’s work [1], I try to read (or listen to) works of this that are a bit more obscure, and when I saw that there was an audiobook … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Decline And Fall

Posted on November 28, 2017 by nathanalbright

Decline And Fall, by Evelyn Waugh If Candide were written by a cynical English public school graduate of the first half of the twentieth century, it would end up something like this.  This novel was the first novel and only … Continue reading →

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