Archive - Papyrus Rampant

Experts learn how to break the rules

A response to Orion Anderson, Victoria Stanham, and Elearnor Konik

Jan 17 • Evan Þ

The bestselling little book that made independence popular

Jan 10 • Evan Þ

Short Reviews for January 2026

A Far Better Thing, M King’s Bodyguard, Cuisine and Empire, Quebec and the Early American Revolution

Jan 3 • Evan Þ

December 2025

The Battle of Quebec

A desperate attempt and snowy defeat

Dec 27, 2025 • Evan Þ

The Days of Herod the King

The historical context of the first Christmas

Dec 20, 2025 • Evan Þ

What-if's of Versailles

As I imagine other ways the Treaty could’ve been written, could it have been better?

Dec 13, 2025 • Evan Þ

Short Reviews for December 2025

Half-Built Garden, Winter of the Dollhouse, Bastard Prince, Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

Dec 6, 2025 • Evan Þ

November 2025

Reject Half of Hemingwayism

Response to Ozy Brennan - there are still some things we should learn from Hemingway

Nov 29, 2025 • Evan Þ

Giving Thanks in Light of History

Musings of things to be thankful for

Nov 22, 2025 • Evan Þ

Lord Dunmore's Scheme

The royal governor of Virginia, at the head of an army of freed slaves, launches a civil war amid the Revolution

Nov 15, 2025 • Evan Þ

Short Reviews for November 2025

Fifty-Year War, Party Politics in the Continental Congress, Lightstep, Scarlet Pimpernel

Nov 8, 2025 • Evan Þ

The good vision and the bad vision

Nov 1, 2025 • Evan Þ

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