Available for free from Amazon, Ten Days That Shook The World is John Reed’s first hand account of the October 1917 Russian Revolution. It was the basis of the movie, Reds. Reed was a socialist American journalist who is buried at the Kremlin.
It is, as you might expect, politically explosive and the target of praise or criticism, depending upon which side of the spectrum you sit.
The Miskatonic Railroad is an HO scale model train layout based on HP Lovecraft’s Arkham in 1908. It is absolutely gorgeous to look at.
Fascinating stuff for history buffs … which I assume most of my readers are …
As the owner of a large number of Boxer Rebellion figures, I appreciate these photos of China in color circa 1912. My guess is that this is pretty representative of China over a long period of time, and will be useful for gamers from the Opium Wars through the revolution.