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Here’s a thread for #Christmas 
. #BooksByTweeps - reviews by me of tomes by some of the nice folk I’ve also bumped into on @Twitter ... in case your still looking for something for the bibliophile in your life 1/
. #BooksByTweeps - reviews by me of tomes by some of the nice folk I’ve also bumped into on @Twitter ... in case your still looking for something for the bibliophile in your life 1/
2. Think you know about the Troubles in the North of Ireland. Read @JarrieSam’s fine, Hill Streets Blues tinged account of policing the conflict and think again
Nights in Armour, by Sam Thompson https://aidanjmcquade.com/2019/07/19/nights-in-armour-by-sam-thompson/ via @wordpressdotcom
Nights in Armour, by Sam Thompson https://aidanjmcquade.com/2019/07/19/nights-in-armour-by-sam-thompson/ via @wordpressdotcom
3. All @officialnhaynes’ stuff (eg A Thousand Ships, Pandora’s Jar) is excellent, but my personal favourite is this one #BooksByTweeps
The Children of Jocasta, by Natalie Haynes https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/09/03/the-children-of-jocasta-by-natalie-haynes/ via @wordpressdotcom
The Children of Jocasta, by Natalie Haynes https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/09/03/the-children-of-jocasta-by-natalie-haynes/ via @wordpressdotcom
Want to dream of a better world? @Freedland’s Maggie Costello series will help. I started with this one, and the rest are also brilliant with the kick-arse Maggie an indomitable companion #BooksByTweeps 4/
To Kill the President, by Sam Bourne https://aidanjmcquade.com/2017/08/26/to-kill-the-president-by-sam-bourne/
To Kill the President, by Sam Bourne https://aidanjmcquade.com/2017/08/26/to-kill-the-president-by-sam-bourne/
Want to work of a better world? You’re in luck cos @benphillips76 has just written a cracking manual for that. #BooksByTweeps 5/
How to fight inequality (and why that fight needs you), by Ben Phillips https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/11/21/how-to-fight-inequality-and-why-that-fight-needs-you-by-ben-phillips/ via @wordpressdotcom
How to fight inequality (and why that fight needs you), by Ben Phillips https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/11/21/how-to-fight-inequality-and-why-that-fight-needs-you-by-ben-phillips/ via @wordpressdotcom
Want to better understand the world? @Itwitius has written an introduction to geo-politics for you. I think that it’s already a modern classic #BooksByTweeps 6/
Prisoners of Geography, by Tim Marshall https://aidanjmcquade.com/2017/01/25/prisoners-of-geography-ten-maps-that-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-global-politics-by-tim-marshall/ via @wordpressdotcom
Prisoners of Geography, by Tim Marshall https://aidanjmcquade.com/2017/01/25/prisoners-of-geography-ten-maps-that-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-global-politics-by-tim-marshall/ via @wordpressdotcom
A third of British folk think their Empire was a good thing. @tweeter_anita helps explain why those folk are eejits with this gripping biography
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The Patient Assassin, by Anita Anand https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/11/10/the-patient-assassin-by-anita-anand/ via @wordpressdotcom
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The Patient Assassin, by Anita Anand https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/11/10/the-patient-assassin-by-anita-anand/ via @wordpressdotcom
Still not convinced the British Empire was a bad thing? You need to read the @alexvtunzelmann elegant account of the horror that was Indian partition 8/ #BooksByTweeps
Indian Summer, by Alex Von Tunzelmann https://aidanjmcquade.com/2013/09/30/the-setting-of-the-sun-on-the-british-empire-my-review-of-alex-von-tuzelmanns-indian-summer/ via @wordpressdotcom
Indian Summer, by Alex Von Tunzelmann https://aidanjmcquade.com/2013/09/30/the-setting-of-the-sun-on-the-british-empire-my-review-of-alex-von-tuzelmanns-indian-summer/ via @wordpressdotcom
The British Empire did do some good things according to @ShashiTharoor: tea, cricket&the English language. The rest was an unrelenting horror story #BooksByTweeps 9/
Inglorious Empire: what the British did to India, by Shashi Tharoor https://aidanjmcquade.com/2018/06/29/inglorious-empire-what-the-british-did-to-india-by-shashi-tharoor/ via @wordpressdotcom
Inglorious Empire: what the British did to India, by Shashi Tharoor https://aidanjmcquade.com/2018/06/29/inglorious-empire-what-the-british-did-to-india-by-shashi-tharoor/ via @wordpressdotcom
I may be giving an unbalanced view of the British Empire. It also devastated Africa as @LauraSRobinson unflinchingly show in her cracking historical detective story set during the slave trade #BooksByTweeps 10/
Blood and Sugar, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/04/28/blood-and-sugar-by-laura-shepherd-robinson/
Blood and Sugar, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/04/28/blood-and-sugar-by-laura-shepherd-robinson/
Like your history BIG? It really doesn’t get much bigger than @holland_tom’s history of Christian thought and it’s impact on all of us #BooksByTweeps 11/
Dominion, by Tom Holland https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/11/09/dominion-by-tom-holland/ via @wordpressdotcom
Dominion, by Tom Holland https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/11/09/dominion-by-tom-holland/ via @wordpressdotcom
The consistent excellence of @Robert___Harris’ work is well attested. But useful to note that V2 is not the bleakfest that was The 2nd Sleep #BooksByTweeps 12/
V2, by Robert Harris https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/10/21/v2-by-robert-harris/ via @wordpressdotcom
V2, by Robert Harris https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/10/21/v2-by-robert-harris/ via @wordpressdotcom
A fine biography by gentleman @GilesMacDonogh of a hero of German democracy
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A Good German, by Giles MacDonogh https://aidanjmcquade.com/2014/09/12/a-good-german-by-giles-mcdonagh/ via @wordpressdotcom
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A Good German, by Giles MacDonogh https://aidanjmcquade.com/2014/09/12/a-good-german-by-giles-mcdonagh/ via @wordpressdotcom
We don’t read enough poetry. I’ll hazard that this is something @keano81 DOES give a fuck about, as evidenced by her lovely collection #BooksByTweeps 14/
House of Weeds, by Amy Charlotte Kean https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/09/18/house-of-weeds-by-amy-charlotte-kean/ via @wordpressdotcom
House of Weeds, by Amy Charlotte Kean https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/09/18/house-of-weeds-by-amy-charlotte-kean/ via @wordpressdotcom
In times of plague thoughts often turn philosophical. Which is good because @RebeccaBuxton & @lisawhiting_ have an exquisite book for that
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The Philosopher Queens, edited by Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/09/16/the-philosopher-queens-edited-by-rebecca-buxton-and-lisa-whiting/ via @wordpressdotcom
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The Philosopher Queens, edited by Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/09/16/the-philosopher-queens-edited-by-rebecca-buxton-and-lisa-whiting/ via @wordpressdotcom
Believe it or not WW2 was more complicated than the Dambusters. @erictlee illustrates this fact with a strange & compelling tale of Georgian Wehrmacht troops in the Netherlands #BooksByTweeps 16/
Night of the Bayonets, by Eric Lee https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/08/31/night-of-the-bayonets-by-eric-lee/ via @wordpressdotcom
Night of the Bayonets, by Eric Lee https://aidanjmcquade.com/2020/08/31/night-of-the-bayonets-by-eric-lee/ via @wordpressdotcom
Too late for the U.K. now but @TimothyDSnyder has been ringing alarm bells for some time at the risks posed by the resurgence of Russian fascism
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The Road to Unfreedom, by Timothy Snyder https://aidanjmcquade.com/2018/06/17/brexit-trump-and-vladimir-putins-assault-on-european-and-us-democracy-the-road-to-unfreedom-by-timothy-snyder/ via @wordpressdotcom
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The Road to Unfreedom, by Timothy Snyder https://aidanjmcquade.com/2018/06/17/brexit-trump-and-vladimir-putins-assault-on-european-and-us-democracy-the-road-to-unfreedom-by-timothy-snyder/ via @wordpressdotcom
If you haven’t read this yet, snap to it! This @HallieRubenhold book is a modern masterpiece #BooksByTweeps 18/
The Five: The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold https://aidanjmcquade.com/2019/07/28/the-five-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper-by-hallie-rubenhold/ via @wordpressdotcom
The Five: The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold https://aidanjmcquade.com/2019/07/28/the-five-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper-by-hallie-rubenhold/ via @wordpressdotcom
