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Post by macbeth on Apr 27, 2020 12:05:17 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, I've outsourced my sleeping to a call centre Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 30, 2020 4:14:12 GMT
Today I have finished 'A Brief History of Indonesia' - quite a good read and with a publication date of 2015, pretty much up to date.
Cheers
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Post by lewchips on May 1, 2020 5:03:41 GMT
I have just finished James Wilde "Dark Age" and have decided to re-read Rosemary Sutcliff's "Frontier Wolf" whilst I wait for the 3rd installment of the "Pendragon" series by James, "The Bear King", to arrive.
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Post by gregorius on May 2, 2020 1:18:00 GMT
I have just finished James Wilde "Dark Age" and have decided to re-read Rosemary Sutcliff's "Frontier Wolf" whilst I wait for the 3rd installment of the "Pendragon" series by James, "The Bear King", to arrive. Barry have you looked at Jack Whyte's Arthurian series. Certainly a different approach to the myth. Cheers,
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Post by lewchips on May 2, 2020 23:33:51 GMT
I have just finished James Wilde "Dark Age" and have decided to re-read Rosemary Sutcliff's "Frontier Wolf" whilst I wait for the 3rd installment of the "Pendragon" series by James, "The Bear King", to arrive. Barry have you looked at Jack Whyte's Arthurian series. Certainly a different approach to the myth. Cheers, Greg, I have read the first novel 'The Skystone' in the series albeit some time ago and quite enjoyed it. I can't remember why i didn't read the others... The James Wilde books are the first novels I have read completely in a couple of years and in a three or four days (which is good for me). I am hoping this is the start of something new.
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Post by macbeth on May 3, 2020 23:33:06 GMT
Over the weekend I read "Wessex before the Celts" - a plodding narrative about the archaeology of Neolithic and Early Bronze age southern England, written in the 50s. Not my cup of tea but in my defence
1) The book when I saw it at the Lifeline bookfair was part of a series and I had picked up several in that series at previous bookfairs - including one I read some time back "Nubia Under the Pharaohs". I do have something of an obsessive nature to collect series. 2) The books cover title when I bought it read just "Wessex" so at the time of grabbing it and stuffing it into my bag of goodies (we were at the $20 for a canvas bag full of books point of the bookfair) I was not to know that it was about a history period I was not interested in. 3) I am working my way back through my catalogue of books on Librarything.com and reading the unread ones as I go. Wessex was the next in line. 4) It has to be really bad before I refuse to finish a book, I have read Gavin Menzies "1421 The Year China Discovered the World" and 4 out of Conn Iggulden's "Emperor" series so my reading stamina is pretty good.
The reward is that the first page of my LibraryThing catalogue will be all read and rated as soon as I finish the book I started on Sunday - "Beseiged: 100 Great Seiges from Jericho to Sarajevo" by Paul K. Davis which is much more to my taste.
Like Barry I am hanging out for "The Bear King" - which is on the countdown to publication on my Book Depository wishlist while I am waiting for the next four books to arrive and jump to the top of my reading queue.
cheers
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Post by gregorius on May 4, 2020 0:43:28 GMT
After a long hiatus I have returned to reading books. I'm about 30% through Robert Fabrri's latest novel, Alexander's Legacy: To the Strongest. With a subtitle like that I can only assume that this is the beginning of a multi-tome odyssey. I'm at the point where it is about a month after Alexander's death and the commencement of the jostling for his empire.
Cheers,
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Post by Roland on May 4, 2020 13:05:25 GMT
Have had a difficult time starting _new_ books as of late. Instead I've been churning through already read books to get my medieval feet back under me. Its amazing the facts and details one forgets in a relatively short time away. To that end I've been leafing through my Ian Heath collected "Armies of..." collection as well as re-reading Burne, Keen, Keegan, Prestwich, and DeVries and catching up on which ones are now considered the most out of date
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Post by timurilank on May 9, 2020 10:31:53 GMT
I finished reading Stilicho by Ian Hughes. This is the kind of information I missed when I started the Migration to Kingdom project. When the Late Romans arrive I can plan doing some of the battles covered in the book.
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Post by macbeth on May 10, 2020 23:55:14 GMT
On the weekend I finished "Besieged" - quiet a good read and after each specific siege article he lists his references. I was pleasantly surprised to see just how many sit in my shelves.
This morning I started 'Vikings at War' by Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike
cheers
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Post by menacussecundus on May 19, 2020 9:27:56 GMT
I have just finished Pat Barker's "The Silence of the Girls", a re-telling of the Iliad by Briseis (or at least mainly by her, there are places where the narrative switches from first person to third).
I thought it was very good. Whether it helps to have read the Iliad first, I can't really judge, but I think it may; even if, as in my case, it was a long time ago.
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Post by macbeth on May 21, 2020 4:15:35 GMT
Just finished "Vikings at War".
I found it a bit heavier going than expected - probably because it was in two column per page format - an interesting read nonetheless.
Cheers
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Post by larryr on May 21, 2020 12:44:40 GMT
I finished reading Stilicho by Ian Hughes. This is the kind of information I missed when I started the Migration to Kingdom project. When the Late Romans arrive I can plan doing some of the battles covered in the book. I was looking for recommendations for LIR, this sounds like a good start!
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Post by timurilank on May 21, 2020 14:02:09 GMT
I finished reading Stilicho by Ian Hughes. This is the kind of information I missed when I started the Migration to Kingdom project. When the Late Romans arrive I can plan doing some of the battles covered in the book. I was looking for recommendations for LIR, this sounds like a good start! I can highly recommend this one along with Aetius, Attila’s Nemesis and Patricians and Emperors by the same author.
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Post by macbeth on May 21, 2020 23:17:23 GMT
Upon arrival at home yesterday evening I found a package from The Book Depository waiting on the doorstep.
Book No. 21 in David Wishart's Marcus Corvinus series - "Dead Men's Sandals" which I promptly started this morning.
It looks like a light read, only 164 pages but the dialogue in the opening chapter is good.
Cheers
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