by Jillianne | Jun 7, 2022 | Featured, History Articles
Huddled in a crowded tube station, you hear the booming echoes of bombs falling from the sky. The German Luftwaffe is back again tonight. It’s been months. You sense another sleepless night is ahead of you, despite your body aching for rest. Your stomach...
by Jillianne | Nov 11, 2020 | Reviews
There is no denying that The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz is an exceptionally good and well-written book. More than anything, it is an extremely human account of Britain’s wartime prime minister, those closest...
by Jillianne | Mar 29, 2020 | Reviews, Women's History
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. This book was sent to me by Pen and Sword Books in exchange for an honest review. Images of The National Archives: Suffragettes by Laura Willmott is a treasure trove of photographs and...
by Jillianne | Mar 1, 2020 | Reviews, Women's History
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. This book was sent to me by Pen and Sword Books in exchange for an honest review. Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action by Lucy Adlington is a fantastic book. I really...
by Jillianne | Jan 12, 2020 | Reviews
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old, is really something special. Most footage available from WWI (1914-1918) was created on a crank camera, the frame...
