"...the focus here is on the structures of British military intelligence and the individuals who worked within it, and it does that job well." Read the full review [link=https://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/parritt_intelligencers.html]here[/link]
History of War

A wonderfully, thought provoking book on the history of witches primarily in Scotland but also its effects and roots from other countries. Brilliantly researched and written in a way that won't make you feel like you are sitting in some boring history class. As always, A bonus for me, it comes with pictures and some great illustrations.
NetGalley, Christine Cazeneuve

“This is an excellent history of the two warriors, and I can easily recommend it to anyone remotely interested in the time period… It also has a good number of pictures of the main characters and lithographs from the time. I congratulate the author for also interspersing a good number of excellent maps. I cannot state strongly enough that in military histories these are invaluable to the reader and make it so much easier to follow along with the action.” Read the full review [link=https://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2026/01/gustavus-v-wallenstein-by-john-pike.html]here[/link]
A Wargamer’s Needful Things

This book provides a lot of interesting background for the famous people and plays in the early English theatre. Shakespeare, Marlowe, Burbage, and Jonson are just a few of the many playwrights and actors - the sheer numbers of playwrights, actors (including children but not women), managers, owners, plays, and theatres are quite remarkable, although most of the plays don't seem to have survived. What is even more remarkable is how the theatre itself survived; right from the start it was under attack from in-fighting, lawsuits, the plague, and the Puritans. Nicholas Fogg puts the development of the theatre in the context of society, politics, the aristocracy, and the royal court and shows in a very entertaining way how it survived one crisis after another until it was finally shut down in 1642 by Puritans who had become powerful in Parliament as Charles I gradually lost his grip on the country. Although the theatre started in the reign of Elizabeth Tudor, approximately half the book deals.. Read more
NetGalley, Yvonne Strong

An interesting look at the Great Fire of London and how it affected the ordinary people who lived through it, not just the royals who some thought were responsible.
NetGalley, Caroline Palmer