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Post by macbeth on Apr 7, 2020 7:37:35 GMT
Having finished 'Shadows of Anzac' at lunch I have dived into another piece of Australian Military History
'Major Thomas: The Bush Lawyer who Defended Breaker Morant and took on the British Empire'
Currently only a chapter or so in and reading about his early life and career. A good and relatively easy read so far
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Apr 7, 2020 23:17:00 GMT
Having finished 'Shadows of Anzac' at lunch I have dived into another piece of Australian Military History 'Major Thomas: The Bush Lawyer who Defended Breaker Morant and took on the British Empire' Currently only a chapter or so in and reading about his early life and career. A good and relatively easy read so far Cheers David are you working from home or are you still attending your workplace? Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Apr 7, 2020 23:59:25 GMT
Having finished 'Shadows of Anzac' at lunch I have dived into another piece of Australian Military History 'Major Thomas: The Bush Lawyer who Defended Breaker Morant and took on the British Empire' Currently only a chapter or so in and reading about his early life and career. A good and relatively easy read so far Cheers David are you working from home or are you still attending your workplace? Cheers, Mostly at work still Greg - due to not being able to connect to all my vital data sources from the departmental VPN.
So it goes.
While I am doing data extraction I am coming in, but on days that I can just do writing and analysis then I can work from home.
Worth noting that it is harder to fool the (not so) little Warbands about how busy I am than it is to fool my workmates. So the from the office option has many advantages
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 9, 2020 4:19:37 GMT
I finished 'Major Thomas' over lunch today - a very good book shedding some more light on an otherwise superficially known personality from Australian Military History.
In the book it details that Major Thomas fought at the Elands River siege - something I remember from the back of my mind having read an article in 'Breakout' Magazine in the 80s (Breakout was an Australian Wargames Magazine)
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 12, 2020 7:49:49 GMT
After Major Thomas I next picked up 'The Queen of Last Hopes' an interesting novelisation of the life of Margaret of Anjou as she goes from naive teenage bride to the primary driving force of the Lancastrian cause. The book paints both Margaret and her son Edward of Lancaster in a good light. (this is the first time I have seen this Edward made into a good guy).
The book is slow to start, written in first person from multiple points of view. But tends to give only scant coverage of the battles.
Still - a good read.
Next up is 'A Brief History of the Amazons' by Lyn Webster Wilde.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 15, 2020 1:53:36 GMT
So, done with 'A Brief History of the Amazons' okay but not earth shattering and I am now about a quarter of the way through 'Kingdom' by Tom Martin, a modern thriller/mystic quest involving Tibet, Shangri La and various bad guys. A bit of a pot boiler I think - I picked it up for cheap at a remainder shop while getting coffee.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 16, 2020 23:20:29 GMT
Early this morning I finished 'Kingdom' interesting in that I was kept reading but at the same time it was disappointing. Much of the narrative just unfolded, with little in the way of drama or conflict. The premise itself, like the story, was mostly duex et machina, and the ending was open ended but depressing at the same time. Don't recommend. At lease I only paid $5 Australian for it. So now I am about to read 'Manchu Palaces' by Jeanne Larsen - another of her Chinse historical/fantasy rambling novels and I hope it will be as enjoyable as her previous two 'Silk Road' and 'Bronze Mirror'. With the Aussie dollar in somewhat freefall I have been shocked at the price jump on Book Depository especially as my obsessive compulsiveness has tilted me towards ordering a new copy of 'Silk Road' so that it is in the same format as the two more recently acquired. Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 20, 2020 23:37:17 GMT
Yesterday at lunch a came to the end of 'Manchu Palaces' so have completed Jeanne Larsen's China series. I am waiting on a new copy of 'Silk Road' from Book Depository so that I have all three in the same size and format, having bought my original from a bargain bin in the 90s (and replaced it with a better copy in the same format from the Lifeline Bookfair again some time ago).
Next in line is 'The Arabs in History' by Bernard Lewis. The introduction was fascinating. The book was originally written in 1947 and this is a fully revised edition 45 years later. The changes, oh My!!
Cheers
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Post by larryr on Apr 21, 2020 13:34:47 GMT
Just started Crusaders by Dan Jones.
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Post by paulisper on Apr 21, 2020 15:36:35 GMT
Just started Crusaders by Dan Jones. Working through it at the moment and, as with his other work, it’s well written 😎 P
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Post by larryr on Apr 21, 2020 16:16:54 GMT
Yes I liked his Plantagenets book.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 23, 2020 19:47:29 GMT
Started reading Stilicho by Ian Hughes. This is a pleasure to read as it is richly illustrated with maps and well documented. Should keep me busy for the coming week.
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Post by macbeth on Apr 26, 2020 8:17:11 GMT
So I finished off "The Arabs in History' Early on Saturday. A very good short narrative. After that I dived into 'Marrakesh Noir' my latest acquisition in the Akashic Noir series, which I finished this evening. This was one of the most enjoyable of the series so far.
Now I am just at the beginning of 'A Brief History of Indonesia' by Tim Hannigan.
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Apr 27, 2020 3:42:30 GMT
So I finished off "The Arabs in History' Early on Saturday. A very good short narrative. After that I dived into 'Marrakesh Noir' my latest acquisition in the Akashic Noir series, which I finished this evening. This was one of the most enjoyable of the series so far. Now I am just at the beginning of 'A Brief History of Indonesia' by Tim Hannigan. Cheers Between power painting sessions and long bouts of reading, when do you get to sleep David 🤯? Cheers,
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Post by greedo on Apr 27, 2020 6:45:24 GMT
Just finished "Hoplites at War" by Paul M Bardunias & Fred Eugene Ray Jr. Great read! Immediately ordered Thessalians, Thebans, and Spartans from Xyston yesterday.
Just starting "Antigonus the One Eyed" by Jeff Champion. Very fun so far, so might pick up some successors moving forward. I love me Elephants!
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