History – Speesh Reads

Review: The Kingdom of Rus’ – Christian Raffensperger

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Rus

Not for the fainthearied

Review: Viking Britain. An Exploration – Thomas Williams

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, Vikings

Lindisfarne wasn't the start of the Viking Age

Review: Eaters of The Dead – Michael Crichton

Posted on July 15, 2018September 8, 2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Non Fiction, The Vikings, Vikings

Based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel "Eaters of the Dead," "The 13th Warrior" is an exciting and unforgettable adventure thriller.

Review: Masters of Death. The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust – Richard Rhodes

Posted on June 28, 2018August 27, 2018 by Speesh in Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Holocaust

These “special task forces,” organized by Heinrich Himmler to follow the German army as it advanced into eastern Poland and Russia, were the agents of the first phase of the Final Solution. They murdered more than 1.5 million men, women, and children between 1941 and 1943, often by shooting them into killing pits, as at Babi Yar.