Book Review: A History of the Crusades
Posted 5th July 2018
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There is surely no greater folly committed by Western Europe than the Crusades of the twelfth century; a toxic mix of economic expansionism and religious zealotry.
Book review: Byzantium
Posted 20th March 2018
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Judith Herrin’s Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire takes the reader on an exciting journey through the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
Book Review: The Holy Roman Empire
Posted 28th January 2018
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Few questions are left unanswered in Peter H. Wilson’s mighty book about the rise and fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
Book review: Dick Hamer, the liberal Liberal
Posted 21st September 2017
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Tim Colebatch’s biography of one of Victoria’s most-loved Premiers.
Book Review: A History of Christianity
Posted 8th February 2017
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Christianity is the biggest religion in the world with 2.2 billion adherents, but it wasn’t always so. Here’s a look at Diarmaid MacCulloch’s epic history of one of the world’s great religions.