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The author of this blog is Trevor Pateman. I have purchased all the books reviewed here except a very few noted as sent to me. My own books are cheapest at blackwells.co.uk and are usually on Amazon. I can be found at academia.edu but do not have an X account and never used Twitter; that is another Trevor Pateman. I can be contacted at patemantrevor at gmail. com

Friday, 6 February 2026

Imaobong Umoren A New History of Britain and the Caribbean

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    Readers, like me, of popular and semi-popular history currently have a choice of two main genres both to be found on Waterstone tabl...
Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Zeinab Badawi An African History of Africa

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  I bought this book because I know next to nothing of Africa’s history; I guess I am one of many such purchasers. So how can I review it? ...
Friday, 17 October 2025

Trevor Pateman, Not In The Archives: Personal Letters 1800 -1840

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This is a draft introduction to an anthology of over fifty previously unpublished letters which I have transcribed during the past eighteen ...
Saturday, 27 September 2025

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  Christmas in Bethlehem December 1995 When in Israel at Christmas the place to go must be Bethlehem, especially in the year when the Is...
Tuesday, 16 September 2025

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   Captain Warner’s Weapon of Mass Destruction:  The Invisible Shell This is not a book review, but an expanded version of an article wh...
Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Why No New Book Reviews?

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I'm working on a book, an anthology of letters written in the  period 1800 - 1840, and nearly all my reading right now is devoted to bac...
Monday, 10 March 2025

Catherine Nixey Heresy

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  It's a long time since I posted a review of a new book but this one is so good that it prompts me to put aside preoccupation with fini...
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