Review: The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England

The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This reads like a Lonely planet guide to traveling to Elizabethan England, complete with which years to travel there in order to avoid the plague.

It also reads like a Travelogue in time. All in all a great and interesting read.




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Review: The Economist : Christmas Double Issue

The Economist : Christmas Double Issue by Mooh Samed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another excellent issue, just like every year. 

My favorite articles:

"Unearthing the Truth" (Archaeology in Zimbabwe)

"Teach your children well" (Parenting in Hong Kong)

"Gimme Shelter" (about corrugated iron)

"The last holdout" (about the kampong in Singapore)

"Pocock's pen pals" (about everyday life in Britain)

"No spring chicken" (an excellent infographic about meatless meat since 600 BC)

"Murder of the Orient Express" (about railroads through the middle east)

"A world of two halves" (North vs. South, from Belgium to Vietnam)

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Review: Stephen Fry's Edwardian Secrets

Stephen Fry's Edwardian Secrets by NOT A BOOK
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An excellent follow-up to Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets. I admit I came into this knowing next to nothing about the Edwardian era (I haven't even watched Downton Abbey), but I still found it all fascinating. Highly recommended. 

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