Planet Narnia reads a bit like a PhD thesis.  (And may well have been exactly that in fact. I haven’t done any research to find out.)  But  if you like your books full of references and with a very precise structure you are in for a treat.  And it is a double treat

The death of Julian left the Roman army in a tight situation.  They were still 200 miles deep in Persian territory and were running low on provisions.  Julian’s eccentric decision not to name a successor left them with an immediate practical problem.  Who was to lead them?  And needless to say the decision had to

  The events of 1688 have been remembered in British history as the Glorious Revolution. A tyrannical Catholic king was out of control and was destroying the country’s constitution, its liberties and its religion. In desperation William the Third was invited across to rescue the British and replace the unacceptable James the Second. William of

I think it must have been about 2004 that the penny dropped.  But habits are strong things, and it probably wasn’t until around 2008 that I had modified my behaviour.  Following the news makes you less informed than reading history.  I still watch the news when something is going on that has caught my attention.

  I have written before in my review of Bjorn Lomborg’s book about how I am a climate change skeptic. I believe climate change is a huge problem, but I am open to changing my mind presented with an argument against it that makes sense.

Libya was the first country in which bombs were dropped from an aircraft during a conflict.  The year was 1911 and the bombers were Italian fighting the Ottoman Empire for control of what was at that time one of their provinces.  The use of this advanced technology gave the Italians a distinct advantage over the