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- Wed August 14th, 2013, 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Reading? August 2013
- Replies: 145
- Views: 10525
- Thu August 8th, 2013, 11:00 am
- Forum: History in the News
- Topic: Bedlam Burial Site Finds Roman Treasures
- Replies: 0
- Views: 625
- Mon June 17th, 2013, 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Reading? June 2013
- Replies: 99
- Views: 7341
- Sun May 12th, 2013, 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Reading? May 2013
- Replies: 123
- Views: 8144
- Thu May 2nd, 2013, 7:21 pm
- Forum: History in the News
- Topic: 200-year-old British soldier found in the dunes of Holland
- Replies: 0
- Views: 499
200-year-old British soldier found in the dunes of Holland
For more than two centuries, the remains of a soldier lay undisturbed on a windy beach in the northern Netherlands. But in March 2011, birdwatchers discovered bones and metal artefacts among sand-dunes that had once been covered in asphalt. The find was near an area known as the "Bonehole" because ...
- Sun April 28th, 2013, 12:43 pm
- Forum: Victorian
- Topic: Return of the Victorian age thriller
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8199
[quote=""annis""] I've recently been reading a series of Edwardian-period mysteries by Andrew Martin, based around a Yorkshire railway policeman, which I've been enjoying- I wonder if they might appeal to your dad as well - there's quite a bit of trainspottery involved as well as detection, and most...
- Sat April 27th, 2013, 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Reading? April 2013
- Replies: 114
- Views: 7554
- Sat April 27th, 2013, 12:03 pm
- Forum: Victorian
- Topic: Return of the Victorian age thriller
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8199
Not fiction, but I bought 'Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder' for my dad recently, as he's a railway buff. He enjoyed it. There's a review at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/ma ... hat-review
- Fri March 29th, 2013, 9:04 pm
- Forum: History in the News
- Topic: Bones exhumed from King Alfred's reputed burial site in Winchester
- Replies: 0
- Views: 424
- Fri March 29th, 2013, 9:00 pm
- Forum: History in the News
- Topic: Charles Darwin letters to be published online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 548