history, books, lifestyle
In this post, I am going to be looking at John L. Gaddis’s article Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins. Gaddis is best known as a post-revisionist/orthodox-leaning Cold War historian, but in this article, he specifically analyses intelligence. He asks why it has often been treated as a marginal topic in Cold War scholarship, despite… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins, John L. Gaddis
Instead of a usual post in this series, I have decided to attach an essay of mine answering the question 'Was the Partition of India inevitable?' As this essay covers the arguments of many books, articles and historians on a variety of different topics in relation to the causes Partition, I have been able to… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Causes of the Partition of India
As part of this new series of blog posts, I will be exploring different historical figures and events, focusing mainly on espionage history, but also researching other areas of 20th century history. I am going to explore these topics by reading books about them so I plan to incorporate short book reviews into these blog… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: The Cambridge Five
In this post I'll be giving you a list of a few of the history/historical fiction books that I would like to read in the next few months! For every book I will also be including the goodreads summary to give you a better idea of the themes and storyline of each book. The Nightingale,… Continue reading My History/Historical Fiction TBR
Survive the Night, Riley Sager Rating - ☆☆☆☆/5 'Survive the Night' takes place in 1991, and follows the story of Charlie Jordan, a college student who is on her way home for the summer after the murder of her best friend. Charlie decides to take a ride with a stranger named Josh, who claims to… Continue reading Mystery/ Thriller Recommendations (my top 5 + ratings)
Alisha and Theo, students at Beechwood Junior, are doing their very best to avoid Sports Day. Whilst hiding underneath a tree in the Common, they get caught in a thunderstorm. A tree is the worst place for shelter, but they only realise that seconds before they both get struck by lightning. It wasn’t exactly what… Continue reading Thunderstruck, by Ali Sparkes
This novel revolves around Amihan (Ami) who lives on Culion, an island in the Philippines for people with leprosy; a severe and potentially contagious disease. Her mother (or nanay) is amongst the infected, but Ami still loves her with all her heart. Ami's island is all she has ever known; with its glistening blue ocean… Continue reading The Island at the End of Everything, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
This book follows the story of Pattern, a lady's maid, the main character in this terrific story of courage, friendship and magic. Pattern seems invisible to the outside world, but she is fearless, clever and fierce. All these qualities help her protect her mistress, the Duchess of Elffinberg. The young duchess is not only threatened… Continue reading The Last Duchess, by Laura Powell
Hooray! It's the summer holidays and with so much free-time on our hands it is essential that we have a list of interesting books to read. Therefore, I have compiled a list of top six books to read this summer. Remember, if you read any of these books make sure to tell me what you… Continue reading 6 Best Summer Reads
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