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The Habsburgs: A Select Reading List

The Habsburgs Martyn Rady The Habsburgs Andrew Wheatcroft The Habsburg Empire Martyn Rady A Concise History of...

A New Year: Full of Promise, Full of Hope

January. The beginning of a new journey for all. A time to make New Year Resolutions. In Britain it is often today referred to as 'dry...

Items from my Commonplace Book

Nature always seemed to get on all right until people showed up. The novelist David Baldacci May you never meet a mouse in your pantry...

Words from Times Past in England

Many of these words will be familiar to older readers, whether they live in England or elsewhere, or at least the things they describe...

Second Christmas time Quiz

On American History 1 Which militant group in the 1960s did Bobby Seale belong to? 2 What issue between US and UK was finally resolved by...

First Christmas time Quiz 2021

THE ANSWERS ARE POSTED ON A SEPARATE BLOG. I HOPE THEY ARE ALL CORRECT, UNLIKE LAST YEAR; SOMEHOW I DOUBT IT! ON ENGLISH HISTORY 1 Who...

Synopsis for JW3 Himalaya class Th 16 Dec

KASHMIR Land of Lost Enchantment 1753-1846 Changing Masters Muslim majority lack a voice It all began in 1947 with partition Hindu...

Synopsis for JW3 Caucasus class 9th Dec

Modern Wars The World in Conflict Georgia: Rose Revolution 2003 War with Russia 2008 Consequences of war Present situation - concept of...

Synopsis for JW3 Himalaya Course 9th Dec

The New Great Game (or The New Cold War) The Old Great Game now writ large as The New Great Game Borders: geographic, political, and...

Booklist Cromwell and The English Republic

Cromwell Antonia Fraser A brilliant and easy to read popular biography The Making of Oliver Cromwell Ronald Hutton A wonderful...

Synopsis for JW3 Himalaya Course, Thurs 2/12

The Modernisation of the Region Globalisation Chinese Tibet - new infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative of China Yet many Tibetans...

Synopsis for Caucasus class Thurs 2nd December

Old Countries, New Problems Gerontocracy in USSR The end of The Soviet Union Small Wars in The Caucasus to mid 1990s It all kicks off in...

Synopsis for JW3 Himalaya class. Thurs 25 Nov

Chinese Tibet Having emerged from centuries of decline when their claim on Tibet weakened, especially after Britain intervened in 1904,...

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