The Search for Richard III
July 30, 2021The Search for Richard III is a retelling of the 2012 discovery of King Richard III of England buried in a carpark. It is co-written by by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones. I was delighted to find a copy hidden in a second hand book shop in Canberra and gave it a new home on my bookshelf! The Search for Richard III was my final read of 2020 and I am looking forward to share my thoughts about it with you. What’s it About? Richard III was the last King of England from the Plantagenet dynasty (read more about them…
Memoirs of a History Blogger V
Welcome to Memoirs of a History Blogger V! In these posts I share what I’ve been up to behind the blog. Today I share what I got up to at the end of last year, some of my favourite podcast…
Top 5 Posts of 2020
2020 was a bit of a whirlwind, wasn’t it! I had a lot more blog posts germinating in my mind than I actually wrote down and published. Though it is nice to look back at what I did manage to…
Why Study History? A Reflection.
Why is history important?
Sagaland
Sagaland has a very striking cover. It is a glacial ice blue with white letters. So it had caught my eye a few times in my local book shop. Earlier this year, with the pandemic providing me with more time…
Rouse Hill Estate
Rouse Hill Estate is probably my favourite historic place in Sydney. It is run and cared for by Sydney Living Museums but is still closed at the moment due to the pandemic. Given this, I thought I’d share some photos…
Plantagenets
I hope you’re all keen readers because I have another book review offering for you! Today, I’m reviewing The Plantagenets: The Kings who Made England by Dan Jones. It is a book of historical non-fiction which was published a few…
Research Tips for New History Researchers
In January, I started a research degree in early medieval history and hopefully, by November this year, I will have submitted a 20 000 word thesis! Since I’ve been out of uni for several years now, it’s taken me some…
Jane Austen at Home
With so much more time available these days for reading, or at least motivation to immerse yourself in a book instead of the news, it’s high time for another book review! This time we’re looking at a non-fiction history book:…
Memoirs of a History Blogger IV
Welcome to Memoirs of a History Blogger IV! In these posts I share what I’ve been up to behind the blog. I like to chat about recent blog posts, podcasts that I’ve been listening to, books I’ve been reading, what’s…
Brethren
Memoirs of a Teapot is now home to historical book reviews as I use my blog to inspire me to read more. I hope I can inspire you to read more too and help you choose what book to read…
