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Review: The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting. Wannsee and The Final Solution – Mark Roseman

Posted on 30/09/2018 by Speesh in History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Holocaust

On 20 January 1942 the most murderous meeting in history took place

Review: Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights – Salman Rushdie

Posted on 16/09/201810/11/2018 by Speesh in Crap, Fiction

Fairy land

Central Europe 1815 to 1866

Posted on 13/10/2017 by Speesh in Book Stuff

Today's offering from the Rand McNally World Atlas of 1946, is entitled 'Central Europe 1815 to 1866.' The map seems to have been done to concentrate, as the index down the bottom there suggests, on The German Confederation, Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. I think you can get an even more clear picture … Continue reading Central Europe 1815 to 1866 →