Book Reviews

The Historian is the publication for general members of the HA. One of its regular features is book reviews. The reviews cover everything from the popular new history books to some of the more obscure, specialist books that make you proud that publishers still value history books. Find out what is hot on the history shelves here.

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  • Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII

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    Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII, Robert Hutchinson (Phoenix, London, 2012, first published in hardback (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2011) xii, 356 pp., paperback, £9.99, ISBN 978 0 7538 2771 0 Robert Hutchinson, OBE, has a doctorate in archaeology and is an associate tutor in church history at the University...

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  • ‘You are Legend’: The Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

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    ‘You are Legend’: The Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, Graham Davies, Welsh Academic Press, 2018, 224p, £19-99. ISBN 978-1-86057-1305 ‘You are legend’ is a phrase from the farewell speech by La Pasionaria in 1938 when the International Brigade withdrew from the Spanish Civil War. Amongst the British contingent...

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