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Post by larryr on Jun 22, 2020 20:11:55 GMT
About 3/4 of the way through Dan Jones’ Crusaders and, like his other work, it’s a cracking read - highly recommended 👍 P same here, Saladin just entered the picture
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Post by paulisper on Jun 22, 2020 21:13:24 GMT
About 3/4 of the way through Dan Jones’ Crusaders and, like his other work, it’s a cracking read - highly recommended 👍 P same here, Saladin just entered the picture spoiler alert - he was not good news for those crusading boys 🤣😱 P
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Post by macbeth on Jun 24, 2020 7:01:10 GMT
I finished 'The Iron Khan' at lunchtime today
A great read, with interesting supporting characters but the finale dragged on a bit.
Still worth the push
Cheers
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Post by Roland on Jun 24, 2020 12:28:13 GMT
About half way through "The Anglo-Saxon Age" by D.J.V Fisher and am just starting "Tabletop Wargames, a Designers and Writers Handbook" by Rick Priestley and John Lambshead.
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Post by timurilank on Jun 24, 2020 14:31:01 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. It took another two weeks to finish Muslim Spain and Portugal; not really light reading but managed half a chapter per evening. Ten chapters cover well the period of conquest to the end of the Almohad Caliphate and the last chapter, well is the last chapter of the Muslim occupation.
This is attributed to the scarcity of Arab sources covering the final two centuries rather than a lack of interest from the author.
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Post by macbeth on Jun 25, 2020 4:39:27 GMT
Today I started 'The Templars' but Geordie Torr.
It looks to be a serious but light narrative history of the order, rather than a tinfoil hat reinforcing of the crazy stuff.
It was on the bargain table at the QBD shop in Woden two weeks ago so I grabbed it.
Today I had a look in another bookstore near my new office digs and picked up 'The Elite: The Story of Special Forces from Ancient Sparta to the War on Terror' by Ranulph Fiennes.
Whilst Wf(X) and the younger of the (not so) little warbands make a foray to Sydney for ice skating on the weekend, the elder of the (not so) little warbands and I plan to explore as many of the (now dwindling) number of secondhand bookshops in Canberra, making a day of it.
Roll on the weekend
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Jul 1, 2020 3:44:52 GMT
This morning I finished off Geordie Torr's "The Templars" a good read especially the detail in one of the later chapters on the Templars in Spain.
I am now finishing off 'Conquest and Empire' byt A. B. Bosworth - I was loaned a copy by a workmate back in January and have been reading it intermittently.
Cheers
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Post by Haardrada on Jul 1, 2020 9:01:24 GMT
I've slipped back into the Abyss.... I'm reading the 40K Drukhari Codex... it's going to get expensive.
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Post by timurilank on Jul 1, 2020 10:18:43 GMT
I've slipped back into the Abyss.... I'm reading the 40K Drukhari Codex... it's going to get expensive. Interesting, “Cult of the Pain Eternal” and Kabals. I just may revamp my Melnibonean with a new colour scheme.
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Post by ammianus on Jul 1, 2020 21:44:10 GMT
Rereading Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376-568 by Guy Halsall
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Post by macbeth on Jul 10, 2020 1:01:09 GMT
In quick succession I have finished 'Conquest and Empire', 'Armies of the War of the Pacific: 1879-83' and 'Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance: 1864-70'
the latter two are Osprey Men at Arms books on some lesser known South American conflicts. I am wondering whether I could use the Osprey rules 'Rebels and Patriots' for these conflicts.
cheers
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Post by hammurabi70 on Jul 10, 2020 14:14:13 GMT
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Post by larryr on Jul 10, 2020 16:29:46 GMT
Rereading Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376-568 by Guy Halsall How do you like this book? Looking for books on those tribes
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Post by macbeth on Jul 10, 2020 22:08:05 GMT
Not until now Thanks Hammurabi Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Jul 12, 2020 22:47:52 GMT
As the weekend hove into sight I started "Indonesia's Secret War: The Guerilla Struggle in Irian Jaya" a dated history (published in 1985 of the war in Western Papua). It was one of the spoils of my swooping down (vulture like) on the secondhand bookshop Beyond Q which closed at the beginning of June.
There is illegible scrawl written through the book by a previous owner and a slip of paper inside suggests it was an advance copy for review. Perhaps the scrawl is critical analysis of the text, but I can't decipher it.
Still - an engaging story, which I hope to have finished before the week is out.
Cheers
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