Michael Ridpath Operation Vienna Boldwood Books, October 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books, for this uncorrected proof for review. Archie (Sir Archibald) and Esme (from Kalamazoo) again investigate a murder, research Archie’s next project on generals, and seek additions to Archie’s collection of antique books. Esme is trying to escape a return to Kalamazoo,Continue reading “Week beginning 21 October 2026”
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Week beginning 14 October, 2026
A. J. Bauer Making the Liberal Media How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press Columbia University Press, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a dense read, demonstrating accomplished insights based on a wealth of research. At first glance it appears to be an essentiallyContinue reading “Week beginning 14 October, 2026”
Week beginning 21 July 2026
Margaret Waller Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, the Priest, and the Men Who Invented Modern Fashion Columbia University Press, August 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I began this book several times, finding it dense and the somewhat specialist language difficult to navigate. However, Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, theContinue reading “Week beginning 21 July 2026”
Week beginning 28 January 2026
Craig Leddy Fast Forward The Birth of Video Streaming, Media’s Wild Child Köehler Books, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. In the 1960s I read Ernie Kovac’s TV Medium Rare. It was an amusing insight into television in its early days of male executives, beauty pageants andContinue reading “Week beginning 28 January 2026”
