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A history enthusiast focused on learning and sharing the history of Central Europe. Also comic books, Pacers, Bengals and West Brom #history #books #CentralEurope
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🇪🇺 Happy Europe Day! (Europe Day marks the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, which proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community.)

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@zachlowenba.bsky.social pretty sure Cavs in 5 is impossible now. Haliburton was the Diff! #YesCers

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For the AM crowd 👇🏻 #bookreview #History @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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Posted today, my review of “The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire” from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social a fascinating look into a short lived continental power and what I see as one of the bigger what ifs of the Middle Ages, with implications for the 100 Years War and the Habsburgs #history #BookReview

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New book review coming this week. To give you a hint of what it will be about: waffles and beer #bookreview #history

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Read this book when it came out and absolutely enjoyed it! Natasha Wheatley gave a very unique look into Austrian legislative practices at the beginning of the 20th century

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Currently reading a book on Weimar Germany. Seems like a timely read and I’d be lying if I didn’t see some parallels with the present day #books #history

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We've got you covered for your weekend listening needs with the new episode of our Podcast. Jeremy F. Walton, Kevin Kenjar, & Matea Magdić discussed their @erc.europa.eu project @revenantempires.bsky.social. Listen here: tinyurl.com/RevenantERC & on all other podcast platforms.

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@lrb.co.uk says Isaac Nakhimovsky's The Holy Alliance "fully inhabits the feverish world of the postwar 1810s and 1820s." Read the full review here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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New post below. A review of Pieter M. Judson’s excellent “The Habsburg Empire: A New History” from @harvardpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/empiresa...

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If I’ve learned anything in this world it’s that if you’re excellent at remembering faces and awful at remembering names you will spend your life making lots of awkward eye contact with people

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New review on the ol’ Substack. This one is a particularly great intro for those who are unfamiliar with Central European history. #history #books #bookreview open.substack.com/pub/empiresa...

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Took a bit of an unexpected hiatus for the holidays and the start of a new job, but will be posting a new book review soon! Feel free to suggest a country/topic related to Central Europe to post on and if one of the reviews I’m holding back is on that topic I’ll release it! #history #books

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Every Christmas while I watch old holiday favorites the thought always comes back to me that if I were ever to become a drug dealer my nickname would definitely be Frosty the blow man

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Would anyone read a spy novel set in the post 1848 Revolutions Austria-Hungarian empire? And yes id you’re wondering I did read a John Le Carre novel right after finishing a book on Austrian history

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New review of the insightful “Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West” by Victor Sebestyen. The perfect introduction to the story of the city and to Hungary and the Magyar people substack.com/home/post/p-... #history #Budapest #Hungary #bookreviews #CentralEurope

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Excited to share I’ll be posting my review of this excellent survey of Budapest’s history tomorrow #history #books #Budapest

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🌍 To commemorate the opening of the Berlin conference 140 years ago (on 15 November 1884), activists toppled the Otto von Bismarck statue in Frankfurt Höchst.

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So new followers I have a few options for the next book review I post. Would you rather I share one on Budapest, The Burgundians or a general survey on Central European history? #books #bookreview #history #writing #Europe (really hope #Bluesky adds polls soon)

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A happy new comics day to those who celebrate #comicbooks

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For those who’ve flocked to this platform the last week, I write about the history of Central Europe, mostly through book reviews and book recs. If you’re interested in the Ottomans/Habsburgs/Napoleon take a look #Europe #History #books #writing empiresandnations.substack.com/p/why-centra...

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Currently reading this wonderful biography of Joseph Roth. Roth was a Jewish journalist and novelist, born in Galicia (modern day Ukraine) who reported on Austria and Germany during the 1920s. As you can imagine it’s been a particularly timely read this week #History #Booksky

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Hey #History fans on this platform, just wanted to share my substack where I will be writing about Central European history, mostly through book reviews. It’s all provided free too! Here’s my first post empiresandnations.substack.com/p/why-centra...

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