
MAGNA CARTA (1215) - The very basis of our democracy
Whilst helping my 10 year old grandson with his homework, I discovered there was no suitable book in print available for children on the...

SHORT BOOKLIST ON GENERAL GERMAN HISTORY
A Concise History of Germany Mary Fulbrook A Brief History of Germany Jeremy Black The Shortest History of Germany James...

HISTORY OF GERMANY - An Introduction
Most people's interest in German history probably begins at the time of The Napoleonic Wars in the early part of the 19th century. But,...

Romania: A Short Booklist for 1920 to Present Day
A Concise History of Romania Keith Hitchens (A history from earliest times) The Green Shirts and the Others Nicholas Nagy-Talavera...

ROMANIA: 1920-2020
The First World War was an event whose ripples reach out to us over a century after it ended. The war saw the collapse of three empires:...

Multum in Parvo: Much in Little - Some Byways in History
King Charles III I can't be the only person in Britain - monarchist though I am - who felt just a little sad that the King chose Charles...

ROMANIA: Origins of The Modern State. Part One
To decide where the modern story of Romania begins is very much an individual choice. Some would take the European Year of...

ALBANIA: A Modern History of Nationhood
A European country which other Europeans still know little of. Over the centuries many different peoples and Polities controlled...

FRANCE REBORN: 1944 - Present Day
France faced a number of serious problems after Liberation in 1944/45. First and foremost was the necessity of forming a democratic...

A Short Booklist on The British Mandate in Palestine
SPECIFIC One Palestine Complete Tom Segev Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu The Partition of the British Mandate of Palestine Charles...

Occupied France: The Dark Years 1940-44
Following the period of 'The Phoney War' from September 1939 until May 1940, it took little more than a month for what Churchill called...

Answers to Season's Quiz (in blog below)
A. Assassinations Ford's William II Delft Darnley Lake Geneva Spencer Perceval B. Weather Towton Inkerman Russia The Armada Nathaneal...

Season's Annual History and Other Quiz. Just for fun.
A. Assassinations In what theatre was Lincoln assassinated? Which English King was (probably) assassinated in The New Forest? In which...

France: A Further list of books of interest
La Vie en Bleu (France from 1900) Rod Kedward The War that ended Peace (general lead up to WW1) Margaret MacMillan The Week France...

Towards and Into Despair - The end of the 3rd Republic
France 1914-40 France's war from 1914 to 1918 was a war like Europe had never before witnessed. A war of new technologies and of...

JW3: Au Revoir
For all my students past and present who came to my lectures at LJCC and then subsequently to JW3. There wasn't a proper opportunity of...

Cows, Cats, and Canaries - JW3 talk this Friday
Our close contact with the Animal World Churchill and Pets Introduction to domestic farm animals and pets Cows A Case Study Aurochs Oxen...

UKRAINE: Where are we now? JW3 this Thursday, 15/12
Three traditional teaching headings: Causes-Events-Consequences Causes: A brief recap War: Michael Howard's argument Prelude to 2022...

France: The Third Republic 1870 up to outbreak of war in 1914
The period falls into four parts. Firstly what can be described as the traumatic birth of the 3rd Republic in the aftermath of defeat in...