History – Couldn't I Just Tell You

Review: Hitlers Willing Executioners – Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

Posted on 22/11/2024 by Speesh in Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

Astonishing, disturbing, and riveting...the fruit of phenomenal scholarship and absolute integrity - Simon Schama

Review: The Heathen Hoard – Steven A. McKay

Posted on 21/11/2024 by Speesh in 9th Century Britain, Anglo-Saxon, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings, Viking Britain, Vikings

Steven The Great

Review: Black Earth – Timothy Snyder

Posted on 20/04/2024 by Speesh in Concentration Camps, Conflict, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

"Wholly readable and utterly persuasive" - Observor

Review: The Unwritten Order – Peter Longerich

Posted on 10/04/2024 by Speesh in History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

Astonishing, disturbing, and riveting...the fruit of phenomenal scholarship and absolute integrity - Simon Schama

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Posted on 24/03/202424/03/2024 by Speesh in Concentration Camps, Fiction, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Holocaust

I am at the moment, reading this (fascinating) book…in a local forest (‘skov’)

Review: The Constant Soldier – William Ryan

Posted on 17/03/2024 by Speesh in Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front, The Holocaust

Excellent read

Review: Dead Drop – Jeremy Duns

Posted on 25/12/2023 by Speesh in Espionage, History, Non Fiction, Soviet Union

Moscow rules

Review: Final Solution – David Cesarani

Posted on 25/12/202325/12/2023 by Speesh in Adolf Eichmann, Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front, The First World War, The Holocaust

The final word

Review: The SS Dirlewanger Brigade – Christian Ingrao

Posted on 25/12/2023 by Speesh in History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front, The Holocaust

Smoke and mirrors

Review: Eichmann. His Life And Crimes – David Cesarani

Posted on 13/12/2023 by Speesh in Adolf Eichmann, Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

"A penetrating and compelling study" - Sunday Telegraph