Day: September 27, 2008

Review of The Counterfeiters

This is the true story of how a group of skilled printers and artists were used by the Nazis to forge documents, passports, and foreign currency including the British pound and the American dollar. All of this took place within the compounds of a concentration camp.

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Review of 1421

Gavin describes the huge treasure ships and the large armada that accompanied them carrying a combined total of some 28,000 men. The ships also carried concubines, horses, plants, jade, grains, and enough food to remain ocean bound for months at a time. As the ships traveled from port to port, the fleet grew in size to as many as eight hundred ships.

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