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Post by ammianus on Sept 28, 2020 14:06:53 GMT
Good question larryr. Like to know too.
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Post by ammianus on Oct 17, 2020 19:40:29 GMT
Something new on the horizon! A Military Life of Constantine the Great Hardcover – December 30, 2020 by Ian Hughes (author of Aetius, Stilicho, amongst others)
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Post by larryr on Oct 19, 2020 16:30:56 GMT
Currently reading Bernard Cornwell's Sword of Kings....however the wife drug me to an antique shop this weekend. Once inside I lost her and looking through some books I found The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon's. Its a One Volume abridged version of 900 pages....I got it for 7 bucks! LOL!!
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Post by macbeth on Oct 22, 2020 8:14:39 GMT
Warfare in Independent Africa was an excellent read, well worth it. When it was done I started "The White Company" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This time I struggled with the Victorian Era writing mimicking late Medieval speech and the main character Sir Nigel came across as something of a pratt. During my time reading it I had several interesting books come in from The Book Depository and then on leaving work was presented with two very generous bookstore vouchers that I exchanged for reading material as soon as possible. When I finally finished "The White Company" yesterday I picked up "The End Is Always Near" by Dan Carlin - an interesting journalistic analysis of apocalyptic moments from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near misses. I finished it this morning and it is quite good, but having been written in 2019 the treatment of Plague and Pandemic is quaint in that he says that We could never imagine the effect of a pathogen in our modern society How quickly some books date Now I am reading "The Outlaw Ocean" by Ian Urbina - it is an analysis of criminal activity on the oceans and the difficulty of enforcing law out in the last untamed frontier. I am enjoying it very much. Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Oct 23, 2020 22:56:51 GMT
I'm currently reading the latest Cato and Macro adventure. All good fun. Next up is a return to a number of books that have yet to complete, including an academic tome on Britain's Roman roads. Ties in nicely with the Dan Jones walking Britain's Roman roads series currently being broadcast on SBS.
Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Oct 29, 2020 3:57:51 GMT
I finished "The Outlaw Ocean" early this week then picked up "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee" which is a history of the Native Americans from 1890 to the present. I finished that this morning before taking the younger of the (not so) little warbands to breakfast. (Ahh! retired life is suiting me ). Both were excellent reads, and now I am about 1/3 of the way through the finale to Bernard Cornwell's "The Last Kingdom" series - "War Lord". Cheers
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Post by Berthier on Oct 29, 2020 23:13:41 GMT
Just finished the 14th book in the Parthian Chronicles by Peter Darman, Pacorus. I blame him for all of the bloody horse archers and cataphracts I have.
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Post by macbeth on Nov 1, 2020 23:00:51 GMT
So - the Last Kingdom Saga is finally complete - and I very much enjoyed Cornwell's romp through Middle Anglo Saxon times. I might have to bump that army up in the painting list I am now reading 'Breaker Morant' by Peter Fitzsimons. It is an engaging read that covers much more than just Morant's career and trial, but delves into the whole campaign and is written in a present tense fashion to be more of a story than a dry history. Cheers
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Post by ammianus on Nov 2, 2020 0:10:55 GMT
"Rule 303!"
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Post by macbeth on Nov 6, 2020 0:53:59 GMT
Indeed Ammianus every time I read a book on the subject I am amazed at how much of the dialogue from the movie matches with transcripts of the case (or at least the first hand accounts). Fizsimmons wrote an excellent story including a good narrative of the battle of Elands River and makes a compelling case for Morant and Handcock not being martyrs. I really enjoyed the book which I finished at the start of this week. I am now on the home stretch of 'Ancient Battle Formations' by Justin Swanton much recommended on these pages Cheers
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Post by ammianus on Nov 6, 2020 4:15:00 GMT
Great, stirring movie macbeth. Some excellent acting.
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Post by macbeth on Nov 12, 2020 6:15:41 GMT
After finishing 'Ancient Battle Formations' and digesting the very interesting concepts I have picked up a recent secondhand acquisition. A while ago I saw at one of my favourite secondhand bookshops a pretty much complete collection of the WRG Armies and Enemies series - I suspect it came from the estate of the same wargamer that provided me with so much unpainted metal - I fell on a couple of them immediately until I opened to the first page and saw the prices - Luke knows what they are worth. My exact words were - "I want these, but not that badly and not at that price, but lets see how I feel after I retire and have all that paid out Long Service Leave". Roll on a month or so and I went back after receiving the suitcase full of cash from my previous employer - but most of the books were goen. I was able top get "Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars " by Duncan Head, it was coffee stained and so priced more appropriately, "Armies of the Ancient Near East" is the one that got away So now I am reading the Duncan Head book and grinning where I see that he disagrees with Justin Swanton. Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Nov 14, 2020 10:59:41 GMT
With "Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars" now complete I am reading "Infidels - The Conflict between Christendom and Islam 638-2002"
So far quite an engaging read
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Nov 17, 2020 0:02:55 GMT
I've just begun Dan Jones's book on the Templars. I don't expect to discover anything new, but I do enjoy his writing style.
Cheers,
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Post by nangwaya on Nov 22, 2020 15:35:51 GMT
I am reading a paper by Joshua T. Walton "Assyrian Interest in the West: Philisita and Judah", as part of getting ready to paint up another Hebrew army.
I often go to Academia.eu to download papers, and once that site clued into what I am interested in, I now get inundated with reading recommendations... it has become quite the informative rabbit hole to go down!
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