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Post by gregorius on May 21, 2020 23:32:59 GMT
Yesterday I finished reading Robert Fabbri's initial novel in his Successors series (Alexander's Legacy) called To the Strongest. This novel covers the first 2 years after Alexander's death and culminates with the assassination of Perdikas. I'm looking forward to the publication of the next installment, The Three Paradises.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on May 25, 2020 2:59:18 GMT
I finished "Dead Men's Sandals" on the weekend (early Sunday Morning while the rest of the house slept) and then picked up book 2 in Liz Williams' Detective Inspector Chen series "The Demon and the City" a bizarre but enjoyable Near Future Fantasy Crime novel. I am almost halfway through but left it on the kitchen table so won't be reading it at lunch today Cheers
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Post by Cromwell on May 26, 2020 7:25:08 GMT
Just started reading "A Great and Terrible King : Edward I and the Forging of Britain" by Marc Morris.
13th Century history is an area I sadly lack knowledge of. I have only just started but enjoying it very much. Well written in an easy style.
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Post by macbeth on May 27, 2020 5:01:39 GMT
I finished off 'The Demon and the City' over lunch - when I get home I'll get started on the next one in the series 'Precious Dragon' - and by that time I should have received my next order, which will include book 4 in the series and the next book in Gordon Doherty's Hittite series
Cheers
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Post by Baldie on May 27, 2020 5:42:30 GMT
Just started from the city from the plough. Finished By Tank recently and fancied something similar, my understanding is that FTCFTP is a novel but draws heavily from the authors experiences.
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Post by macbeth on Jun 2, 2020 0:53:35 GMT
So over the weekend I knocked over "Precious Dragon" a good read. Now I am just over 1/3 of the way through "Richard Duke of York King by Right" a biography of Richard of York (father of Edward IV and Richard III) and already I am looking at the Late Medieval Figures unallocated in the Lead Mines of Mt Neverpaint and seeing just how much of t a Wars of the Roses Army I can make up without going shopping.
I already have the c list made up so I think the universe demands that I do the a and b lists as well - DBA armies are like Pokémon "Gotta Catch Em All"
On a sadder note I have added to my collection of books to read after hearing that one of my favourite secondhand book haunts is closing - Beyond Q - Books Bar Barista closes its doors on Friday (5 June) and they are selling their books under the 'make an offer' mechanism.
I'm happy with my haul, but would rather have spent the extra $$ over a longer period of time while still being able to visit.
So it goes
Cheers
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Post by nangwaya on Jun 2, 2020 9:30:15 GMT
So over the weekend I knocked over "Precious Dragon" a good read. Now I am just over 1/3 of the way through "Richard Duke of York King by Right" a biography of Richard of York (father of Edward IV and Richard III) and already I am looking at the Late Medieval Figures unallocated in the Lead Mines of Mt Neverpaint and seeing just how much of t a Wars of the Roses Army I can make up without going shopping. I already have the c list made up so I think the universe demands that I do the a and b lists as well - DBA armies are like Pokémon "Gotta Catch Em All" On a sadder note I have added to my collection of books to read after hearing that one of my favourite secondhand book haunts is closing - Beyond Q - Books Bar Barista closes its doors on Friday (5 June) and they are selling their books under the 'make an offer' mechanism. I'm happy with my haul, but would rather have spent the extra $$ over a longer period of time while still being able to visit. So it goes Cheers "the Lead Mines of Mt Neverpaint"
Love it! Great thing to read at the start of my day.
Sorry to hear about the book store. We are losing quite a few over here, as well.
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Post by gregorius on Jun 2, 2020 23:27:32 GMT
So over the weekend I knocked over "Precious Dragon" a good read. Now I am just over 1/3 of the way through "Richard Duke of York King by Right" a biography of Richard of York (father of Edward IV and Richard III) and already I am looking at the Late Medieval Figures unallocated in the Lead Mines of Mt Neverpaint and seeing just how much of t a Wars of the Roses Army I can make up without going shopping. I already have the c list made up so I think the universe demands that I do the a and b lists as well - DBA armies are like Pokémon "Gotta Catch Em All" On a sadder note I have added to my collection of books to read after hearing that one of my favourite secondhand book haunts is closing - Beyond Q - Books Bar Barista closes its doors on Friday (5 June) and they are selling their books under the 'make an offer' mechanism. I'm happy with my haul, but would rather have spent the extra $$ over a longer period of time while still being able to visit. So it goes Cheers I've been granted one-off prospector rights at Mt. Neverpaint and have been able to assay the beginnings of a Feudal English army with saltings from a commercial entity. Many thanks to Yosemite Macbeth 🧨🧨🧨. Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Jun 4, 2020 0:12:35 GMT
Okay so I accidentally posted a Who's Painting What blurb here so need to quickly fix it
I am still powering through Richard of York and it is a good narrative history. Very much on his side though.
I might sneak down the highway for one last tilt at Beyond Q today before it closes forever. The elder of my (not so) little warbands was with me on the weekend when I made my foray and then went back yesterday and picked up more books for her and some for the younger of said warbands.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Jun 8, 2020 23:46:29 GMT
I finished Richard of York on Saturday and then picked up "Better Off Without 'Em" by Chuck Thompson - something I grabbed when I made my last foray to Beyond Q originally thinking my brother might like it, then forgot I was still carrying it when I cashed out.
I read a few passages in the car before heading back and decided I'd like to read it - now that I am almost 2/3 of the way through I probably won't gift it to my brother.
It is about US politics so I won't make any more comment on the book here.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Jun 10, 2020 0:09:27 GMT
Finished "Better Off Without Them" and am now just starting "Blood Rites: the Origins and History of the Passions of War" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Cheers
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Post by timurilank on Jun 11, 2020 13:00:55 GMT
Finished the first chapter of Muslim Spain and Portugal by Hugh Kennedy. This book is a gold mine of information that will certainly be of use for future campaigns.
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Post by nangwaya on Jun 11, 2020 17:47:02 GMT
I have been reading an article "Global Conflict By Land And Sea Part IV: Naval Warfare", found in Wargames Illustrated Magazine, Issue #25, from September, 1989.
It is something I wish I had read years ago.
It goes over all the parts of a tall ship, technical terms, you name it.
Over the years, I have been reading the Bolitho series of books by Alexander Kent, and most of that time, I had little knowledge of all the stuff the article goes over... Now at least I will be able clue in a bit more of what part of a ship is what, etc..
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Post by paulisper on Jun 11, 2020 20:52:29 GMT
Finished the first chapter of Muslim Spain and Portugal by Hugh Kennedy. This book is a gold mine of information that will certainly be of use for future campaigns. Interested in this, but at over £30 a copy on most websites, I think I’ll leave it for the time being 😱😭 P
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Post by timurilank on Jun 11, 2020 23:00:43 GMT
Finished the first chapter of Muslim Spain and Portugal by Hugh Kennedy. This book is a gold mine of information that will certainly be of use for future campaigns. Interested in this, but at over £30 a copy on most websites, I think I’ll leave it for the time being 😱😭 P
The price gave me second thoughts as well. I have the Armies of The Caliphate by Kennedy, but Muslim Spain and Portugal surpasses it in the amount of detail based on Arab sources.
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