Sentence examples for excellent historical from inspiring English sources

In fact, there's an excellent historical reason why Jewish intellectual achievement sits alongside political weakness.

Sawako Ariyoshi's "The Doctor's Wife" is an excellent historical novel on the status of women in Japan.

Ben Rayner, London The Bounty by Caroline Alexander and Billy Ruffian by David Cordingly: excellent historical stuff - quite unputdownable.

There are chilling ghost-walks and tours of the ammunition stores, with excellent historical context in the Education Room.

Jamila Gavin's excellent historical novel The Blood Stone, has been recast for younger readers in Danger by Moonlight.

In the past, as Mr Hosking's excellent historical survey reminds us, one of the most dependable sources of Russian legitimacy was defence against foreign enemies.

The romance of Provençal life might have been exaggerated but it still provides an attractive holiday menu of market towns with excellent restaurants; historical if over-visited gems such as Les Baux de Provence; and, as an alternative to fun and games on a nearby beach, the Gorges du Verdon, which is Europe's deepest canyon and a centre for outdoor sports.

They don't feature much in books of the era, but make excellent material for historical novelists.

The longest independent narrative, an excellent example of historical writing, is the "court history of David" (2 Samuel 9 20; 1 Kings 1 2).

This book, with an excellent introduction, ample historical material and wisely chosen cutting-edge papers, provides an unsurpassable overview of the debate.

An excellent illustration of historical archaeology is the newly released UC Press book by Berkeley's own Laurie Wilkie, The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi.