Reviews

'The Last of the Tsars' - Overwhelmingly Average?

Robert Service’s book on the downfall of Nicholas II, ‘The Last of the Tsars’, is a study of the last year and a half of the Tsar and the...

Aug 23, 20204 min read

'My aim here was to simply write a portrait of Stalin, his twenty potentates, and their families, to show how they ruled and how they...

Aug 22, 20204 min read

'Wild Swans’ is a brilliant memoir detailing the lives of three extraordinary generations of women – from Jung Chang’s grandmother, to...

Aug 21, 20204 min read

Martin Amis’ book ‘Koba the Dread’ is a recent read for me, despite having been given it quite a while ago. It is a striking book, as I...

Aug 14, 20205 min read

Edvard Radzinsky’s book on Alexander II, ‘The last great tsar’, is a thorough and interesting analysis of Alexander II’s reign and...

Jul 28, 20204 min read