Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

Bill Schutt, Cannibalism Always try and keep up with men eating men.

Giles Milton, Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Another British brains vs Nazi brawn?

R. J. B. Bosworth, Claretta Mussolini’s Last Lover Really the woman of Mussolini’s life. This is the book that Beach most wants to read this month…

Michael J. McCarthy, Confederate Waterloo Honestly, I’m going to get this just to learn more about Pickett’s long lunch…

Anders Rydell, The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe’s Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance Nazis, libraries… what’s not to like?

Frankel, High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic As long as it is not too political (ahem)….

Carolyn Purnell, The Sensational Past. Beach hates the enlightenment, but loves senses… What to do?

James Stejskal, Special Forces Berlin One of the two books I’m most looking forward to this month (if as advertised!)

Cathal J. Nolan, The Allure of Battle, A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost. The rules of war (not strategy) fascinate me…

Tim Moore, The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold Stories of riding behind and around the Iron Curtain.

Daniel Beer, The House of the Dead Chilly Siberia before the Soviets.

Bret Baier, Three Days in January The end of the US’s greatest postwar President.

Douglas Preston, Lost City of the Monkey God A fan favourite from January 2017

Catherine Lacey and Forsyth Harmon, Art of the Affair An ‘illustrated history’: could be very good or rather bad…  

Matthews, House of Spies British intelligence in the 20C