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Post by macbeth on Aug 26, 2019 1:25:57 GMT
I haven't read "Tom Jones" but I did read all the sequels by Geroge Macdonald Fraser some years ago On Friday night I finished off "Son of Ishtar" - and whilst Doherty's book has much the same plot as his previous two series (misfit/rejected soldier becomes the darling of his unit and then the hero of the hour when the chips are down), and the characters do lack a dimension or two, I do like the setting - we are on the dawn of the Ancient Dark age - so Sea Peoples, Assyrians, Egyptians and Hittites are all out and about. In this book the primary focus was the Hittites vs the Gasgans - suddenly I feel the need to drop some $$$ in the direction of Khurusan Miniatures for his Gasgan range. Chances are I will carry on with this series for a while anyway. In the meantime - I started Elsa Hart's "City of Ink" a historical crime novel set in early Manchu Beijing. It is a much higher quality work. Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Sept 3, 2019 23:01:11 GMT
"City of Ink" was a much better read than "Son of Ishtar" and after polishing that off on Monday I picked up the latest of Ian Ross's "Twilight of Empire" series.
"Triumph in Dust" is set 10 years after the last book and sees Aurelius Castus called back into the service of Constantine to prepare the Eastern Army for an invasion of Persia.
80 pages in and we are already neck deep in intrigue - I think I am going to enjoy this one.
Cheers
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Post by vtsaogames on Sept 4, 2019 13:55:14 GMT
My goodness, the ending of Tom Jones was mighty busy, tying up all those knots. Not contrived in the least.
Well, that's my annual fiction book. Now onto Pete Heather's "Rome Resurgent", Belisarius and all that. I love this period. When I visited the Hagia Sophia, I got chills when the guide said we were standing on the spot where the Empress Theodora's chair had been placed. And oh, those Land Walls! No wonder they kept everything out for 1,000 years.
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Post by macbeth on Sept 9, 2019 0:22:02 GMT
And I did enjoy "Triumph In Dust" - the series came to a very satisfactory end, and I am considering what other armies to add to my collection to complement the Late Imperial Roman (East) and Sassanid Persian (b list) to make up an Aurelius Castus campaign set (read the book and it is obvious that Later Pre Islamic Arab (Nomad) are a must)
I am now reading "Yasuke: The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai" by Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Giffard - the biography of an African Mercenary that became attached to the retinue of Oda Nobanaga.
I was completely unaware of the story until I saw this book.
Cheers
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Post by paddy649 on Sept 10, 2019 20:18:45 GMT
The War of the Three Gods by Peter Crawford
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Post by paulisper on Sept 11, 2019 9:23:50 GMT
Working through Peter Ackroyd’s ‘The History of England’ books and have jumped about a bit through the first 3 volumes. Part 2 on the Tudors was very good indeed and I’ve nearly concluded Part 3 ‘Civil War’ which has also been excellent. Volume 1 covers 3500 years of history and, because of this, is rather sparse on details of our DBA era, but is a solid read, nonetheless 👍
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Post by paulisper on Sept 14, 2019 10:24:43 GMT
Now onto ‘The Plantagenets’ by Dan Jones and it’s a stonkingly good read - highly recommended 😁
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Post by timurilank on Sept 14, 2019 21:53:44 GMT
Reading again the Last Kingdom collection and am half way through ‘Warriors of the Storm’. This has stimulated me enough to buy figures for a Strathclyde army.
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Post by macbeth on Sept 16, 2019 0:33:32 GMT
On Sunday I polished off Yasuke over breakfast - really enjoyable. I think squeezing in a Tin Soldier Samurai with black skin onto the Later Post Mongol Samurai Command Position is a must I spent some quality time on Sunday afternoon at the Lifeline Bookfair and came home with about 15 new books This morning I picked up Vespasian IX - Emperor of Rome by Robert Fabbri and so have dived into yet another novelisation of The Year of Four Emperors Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Sept 16, 2019 2:15:58 GMT
This morning I picked up Vespasian IX - Emperor of Rome by Robert Fabbri and so have dived into yet another novelisation of The Year of Four Emperors Cheers David, I think that you'll find this last volume in the series quite enjoyable. Cheers,
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 16, 2019 19:01:53 GMT
Now onto ‘The Plantagenets’ by Dan Jones and it’s a stonkingly good read - highly recommended 😁 P It is very good, but unfortunately the narrator on the Audible version leaved much to be desired for me.
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Post by paulisper on Sept 16, 2019 20:33:32 GMT
Now onto ‘The Plantagenets’ by Dan Jones and it’s a stonkingly good read - highly recommended 😁 P It is very good, but unfortunately the narrator on the Audible version leaved much to be desired for me. one of the reasons I tend to prefer the written text - your own ‘narrative voice’ in your head is so often the best 😉 P
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Post by gregorius on Sept 16, 2019 23:37:35 GMT
It is very good, but unfortunately the narrator on the Audible version leaved much to be desired for me. one of the reasons I tend to prefer the written text - your own ‘narrative voice’ in your head is so often the best 😉 P Paul, in my head I have Alan Rickman's voice 😊! Cheers,
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Post by larryr on Sept 17, 2019 16:38:19 GMT
Now onto ‘The Plantagenets’ by Dan Jones and it’s a stonkingly good read - highly recommended 😁 P How are Dan Jones other books? I've been wanting to start one.
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Post by larryr on Sept 17, 2019 16:38:53 GMT
Reading again the Last Kingdom collection and am half way through ‘Warriors of the Storm’. This has stimulated me enough to buy figures for a Strathclyde army. I love all his books!
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