Topic

History

A collection of 5 issues

'25 August - theme: Short Stories

Mavericks: Life stories and lessons of history's most extraordinary misfits by Jenny Draper While only tentatively fitting the theme of short stories, since all the stories are of real people and there is a considerable number of sources cited at the back of the book, this was a

'25 February - theme: Black History Month

Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes I was sent this book for free as an Arc from goodreads. It was called Will and contained no illustrations so I don't know if they are any good! It was a great read for black history month,

October - theme: Historical Fiction

Raphael, Painter in Rome by Stephanie Storey It's occurred to me while reading this book that I might like historical fiction. That might sound odd but I've always had the opinion of that genre is fine but it's not for me. Well, this book

September - theme: Non-Fiction

A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage This was a London book box find. That book box was the first I had ever encountered and it was a delight. Housed in an old red telephone box, it had acres of choice and the books changed on