28th January, 1986. The space shuttle Challenger tragedy. As with his excellent book about the Chernobyl disaster (an event which…
In 1973, while studying at Beijing University during the Cultural Revolution – a rare ‘foreigner’ from Canada – the author…
This is a memoir of policing in the London East End, 1960s. The good old days, sort of. The author…
A true story of shipwreck, mutiny, murder, scurvy, battles, terrible storms, and more. As with David Grann’s other books Killers…
A shocking true crime narrative from the author of The Lost City of Z. This award-winning book dives deep into…
I thought it was ‘about time’ I had a go at this horological history book which had been waiting on…
A fun, irreverent history book which attempts to define ‘celebrity’, with many examples of people from history – were they…
These true life stories of several women who worked as redcoats at Butlin’s holiday camps were a good read, even…
I’ve previously read about the history of time – that is, our need to measure time – but this book…
A brilliant read about a man who had an extremely interesting, colourful and lucky life – Jack Rogers, the author’s…