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Post by timurilank on Nov 28, 2016 17:47:19 GMT
Finishing Theodosius – The Empire at Bay by Stephen Williams & Gerard Friell. The chapters covering the War Machine, The Barbarian Settlements and The Top-heavy Empire fill in nicely the gaps in my research for my current project.
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Post by Cromwell on Dec 1, 2016 8:03:51 GMT
No reading "Prince Rupert, the last cavalier" by Charles Spencer. Very interesting and highly readable.
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Post by Peter Feinler on Dec 2, 2016 1:46:03 GMT
Can the name of this thread be changed? It really should be "Who's Reading What?"
Peter
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Post by gregorius on Dec 3, 2016 3:40:18 GMT
Just finished reading the sixth and last novel in Christian Cameron's series, The Long War, which covers the Persian Wars. His description of the Battle of Plataea is superb. For the first time ever I had some understanding of what was transpiring.
Cheers,
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Post by Haardrada on Dec 3, 2016 10:37:34 GMT
I found my interest in the Normans re-kindled so delved back into The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily by Gordon S Brown....Just love the systematic aquisition and opertunism used by the Normans to exploit the political loopholes left between the Byzantines,The Holy Roman Empire,Lombards,Papacy and Muslim Kingdoms of Sicily to their advantage.
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Post by martin on Dec 3, 2016 14:27:02 GMT
I found my interest in the Normans re-kindled so delved back into The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Scicily by Gordon S Brown....Just love the systematic aquisition and opertunism used by the Normans to exploit the political loopholes left between the Byzantines,The Holy Roman Empire,Lombards,Papacy and Muslim Kingdoms of Scicily to their advantage. Would you recommend the book, Haardrada?? Score out of ten? Martin (Christmas list eg...)
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Post by Haardrada on Dec 3, 2016 16:00:23 GMT
I found my interest in the Normans re-kindled so delved back into The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Scicily by Gordon S Brown....Just love the systematic aquisition and opertunism used by the Normans to exploit the political loopholes left between the Byzantines,The Holy Roman Empire,Lombards,Papacy and Muslim Kingdoms of Scicily to their advantage. Would you recommend the book, Haardrada?? Score out of ten? Martin (Christmas list eg...) Hi Martin it is a good book in its own right but is not as comprehensive as The Normans of the South by John Julius Norwich, which is back in print as a Faber find. Brown is refreshing in a way as Norwichs' style is heavy yet detailed but can be heavy going in places. I'd rate Brown as an 8, but Norwich as a 10.
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Post by wombatdazzler on Dec 5, 2016 22:13:01 GMT
About to starting reading - Jan Sobieski: The King Who Saved Europe
Cheers
Daz
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Post by ammianus on Dec 7, 2016 19:35:05 GMT
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Post by timurilank on Dec 7, 2016 22:43:12 GMT
I am reading Bury's History of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 2 with particular interest in the wars of Justinian. Reading a few more chapters, I just may expand the library by purchasing more books on the subject.
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Post by gregorius on Dec 17, 2016 2:25:53 GMT
Just finished reading Simon Scarrow's latest Cato and Macro novel, Invictus. The 15th installment sees the boys in Hispania putting down a rebellion. Not to give too much away but this outing sees the return of that snake Vitelluis. Another rollicking good read.
Cheers,
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Post by ammianus on Dec 17, 2016 16:49:14 GMT
Reading another great book by Nick Lipscombe; Wellington's Eastern Front: The Campaign on the East Coast of Spain 1810-1814. NIck fills a Peninsular War niche with this work covering battles in Aragon & Valencia and operations of the Anglo-Sicilian forces.
Coincidentally, I had just finished "With the Spanish Against Napoleon: the Peninsular War experiences of a British Officer" by Samuel Ford Whittingham. The author was present at Buenos Ayres, Medellin, Talavera, Barrosa, and Castalla (where he commanded a Spanish division. ANother handy Leonaur reprint.
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Post by gregorius on Dec 28, 2016 0:41:06 GMT
Just finished Bernard Cornwall's latest novel Flamebearer. Another good read. I'm always suprised by the small numbers that seem to make Dark Age armies in England.
Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Jan 3, 2017 4:45:52 GMT
Over the last few weeks I have read the two latest Brother Athelstan mysteries by Paul Doherty. 'The Book of Fires' and 'The Herald of Hell'. After that for a change of pace during the Xmas/New Year break I read 'The War for a Persian Lady' by Barbara English giving a short narrative history of the Anglo Persian War in the 1850s.
Now I am just getting into Paul Sussman's "The Lost Army of Cabyses" - which is a modern thriller that somehow links in to the Persian Army that disappeared into the Egyptian Desert. Thus far the only mention of Acheamenid forces is in the prologue.
cheers
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Post by timurilank on Jan 4, 2017 22:53:34 GMT
Just finished The Huns, by E. A. Thompson on the train ride back.
Enjoyed the book very much as it generated a lot of ideas for campaign use. I have plucked one of the battles to duplicate for the game board. With time this will be played next week, the battle of Utus, 447 AD.
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