GURPS is an interesting animal. On the one hand, it’s a kitchen sink game, where you can crunch as many numbers as you can get your hands… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: GURPS Old West”
Category: History
Book Review: The Woman Who Would Be King
I have been fascinated by ancient Egypt since I can remember. The iconography, the mystery, the mythology. It’s all crawled around in the back of my… Read more “Book Review: The Woman Who Would Be King”
Book Review: The Many Faces of Josephine Baker
There are people who fascinate and frustrate, people we call ‘larger than life.’ Some of my favorite figures in history are such people. Genghis Khan was a… Read more “Book Review: The Many Faces of Josephine Baker”
Book Review: Hedy’s Folly
This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness in January of 2014. I’ve been chatting with some folks about Lamarr, and thinking about Antheil’s… Read more “Book Review: Hedy’s Folly”
Five Caribbean Islands
As I wrote about in previous posts (here & here), we left Puerto Rico for a week long cruise through the Southwestern Caribbean. Five islands, each unique… Read more “Five Caribbean Islands”
Book Review: Salt
The dry recitation of facts does little for distribution of historic wisdom. Certainly, there has been a move toward making history more palatable and more relatable for… Read more “Book Review: Salt”
Book Review: Over the Edge of the World
“Magellan was generally at his best, and a far more sympathetic character, when he was the underdog. At such moments, his best qualities came to the fore:… Read more “Book Review: Over the Edge of the World”
A Few Days in Puerto Rico
A couple weeks back, my amazing partner and I hopped on an airplane and headed down to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Neither of us had been there… Read more “A Few Days in Puerto Rico”
Book Review: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
“She did not yet know of what she might be capable. She had no man to fight for her, no woman to advise her. The road before… Read more “Book Review: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens”
Book Review: A World Lit Only By Fire
The more I read about history, the more questions I have, the more I want to read and learn, and the less appealing any part of it… Read more “Book Review: A World Lit Only By Fire”
Matthew J. Constantine 