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The author of this blog is Trevor Pateman. I have purchased all the books reviewed here unless stated otherwise. My own books are cheapest at blackwells.co.uk. I can be found at academia.edu but am not on X and never used Twitter. New July 2026: www.otherpeoplesletters.com where I transcribe and introduce letters I have found outside archives, mostly written 1750-1850

Sunday, 31 May 2026

A.G. Hopkins, The Land Where Nothing Works

I wanted this to be a good book and admired the author’s conscientious work in putting together an economic and political history of Bri...

Friday, 6 February 2026

Imaobong Umoren A New History of Britain and the Caribbean

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

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

This is a draft introduction to an anthology of over fifty previously unpublished letters which I have transcribed during the past eighteen ...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

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

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?

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...

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