Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

Simon R. Doubleday, The Wise King Mirror of kings… Not my favourite genre but this one is in Spain.

A Foot in the River: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Intrigued by this one: always had good experiences of FFA, a fine combination of productive megalomania and wit

Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries: Kim MacQuarrie Always good to go south: the bandits got me…

Anderson and Piuk, Trapped Behind Enemy Lines Rescuers in WW1, a new subject for me: can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.

The hopeless fight in Rhodesia… Enter Mugable left stage. Wessels, A Handful of Hard Men  

Margaret Aston, Broken Idols of the English Reformation. Expensive but by all accounts amazing: I’m looking forward to reading this more than any other book this month.

Celinscak, Distance from the Belsen Heap (note apparently cheaper in the UK?) A detailed description of the liberation of Bergen Belsen, by British and Dominion soldiers.

The book I’m most looking forward to this month: A Garden of Marvels, marvels in early medieval China!

A history of Finland’s most famous war: Finland at War

Intrigued by the idea of a history of crying… Weeping Britannia

The golden age of British intelligence and the clash with the Communist regime: Beware the Rugged Russian Bear

The last golden age! Byzantium Triumphant

Looks hopeful, a lot will depend on how many of the major powers are covered: The Secret War

Cunliffe’s new book: his vision gets ever larger…

Britain plans should the worst come to the worst: Fighting Nazi Occupation