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Thursday, 17 July 2025
Northern Moldova - Soroca
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I drove up to northern Moldova today, primarily to visit the Castle at Soroca. This was one of the string of forts that defended the Dniest...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Southern Moldova
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Day three of my Moldovan trip. I hired a car and headed off to southern Moldova. My primary reason was to visit the site of the Battle of K...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)
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I am in Moldova this week, partly advising on a documentary, but also researching my current writing project. Today I took a trip into the ...
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Sunday, 13 July 2025
Battle of Znaim 10/11 July 1809
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This week is the anniversary of the final battle of the Danube Campaign of 1809. My interest lies in the fact that this action was initiate...
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Thursday, 10 July 2025
Infantry in Battle 1733-1783
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Of all the many books I read in any year, only a few can be described as outstanding and original. This study of 18th-century infantry by ...
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Monday, 7 July 2025
Honours Even
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The latest in my Nigel Tranter re-reading project covers the period of Oliver Cromwell's occupation of Scotland between the Regicide an...
Thursday, 3 July 2025
Weapons of the Falklands Conflict
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This is Bryan Perrett's book on the weapons systems deployed by both sides in the Falklands War. It was written just after the conflict...
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Thursday, 26 June 2025
The Story of Russia
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I am generally attracted to niche history, specific periods or events. However, I picked up this 'big history' book by Orlando Fige...
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