alienqueen's reviews
6 reviews

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers by Tom Standage

informative slow-paced

4.0

An interesting informative read it gets both into the technical and social impact of the teleagraph as well as the many parallels to the internet which I never realized until listening to this book

If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley

informative medium-paced

5.0

Always love when Lucy interject her humor and personality into her writing 

The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale

dark emotional funny informative mysterious medium-paced

5.0

So good I would listen to it again! Because it references a diary you get an interesting first person perspective which I always enjoy in historical nonfiction makes the listening experience feel less like textbook

Medieval Europe by Chris Wickham

informative slow-paced

4.0

This is definitely on the dryer end of historical nonfiction, not all historical nonfiction is this dry but I will say it's A LOT of history to get through so I can see why it would be that way I do think it would make a great reference book cherry picking out smaller parts you need as opposed to reading it fully through unless you just REALLY enjoy medieval European history

How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life by Ruth Goodman

informative medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoy Ruth Goodmans perspective of history she's often not only informative in a factual way but usually has practical experience preforming historical tasks/jobs which gives the reader a unique insight into the life of a Tudor kind of like a textbook combined with a diary