Europe

Review: Where Dead Men Meet – Mark Mills

Posted on 26/03/201825/03/2018 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Historical Fiction

Quick before we're dead

Review: The Lions of Lucerne – Brad Thor

Posted on 15/10/2017 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

Snow lions

Central Europe 1914 to 1935

Posted on 14/10/2017 by Speesh in Book Stuff

Today's offering from the Rand McNally World Atlas of 1946, is the final one. This map is of course the one that was current at the outbreak of World War II. The section at the front is a series of maps of Europe, which I've posted the last couple of weeks. This final one, isn't … Continue reading Central Europe 1914 to 1935 →

Europe in 1814

Posted on 09/10/2017 by Speesh in Book Stuff

This time, we've moved forward to 1815 in the Rand McNally World Atlas Premier Collection, still published in 1946. The copy accompanying the map, goes like this: The Congress of Vienna in 1815 re-fashioned the map of Europe after the downfall of Napoleon. England and France in the west; Austria and Russia in the east; … Continue reading Europe in 1814 →