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Post by macbeth on Mar 24, 2021 5:06:31 GMT
I finished off 'The Crusader Strategy' by Stephen Tibble and it was very good read, giving a good argument for his hypothesis.
Well worth it
cheers
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Post by macbeth on Mar 26, 2021 10:19:40 GMT
After finishing 'The Crusader Strategy' I picked up Tim Newark's "Ancient Armies" completing my Concord Fighting Men series. A good read.
Next on the list is 'Seapower States' by Andrew Lambert.
I also now have a good haul from the Lifeline Bookfair - including 3 books from a 4 part series on the year of four emperors and Donald Featherstone's Victorian Colonial Warfare: Africa". Looks good but a little dated - he uses the K word instead of Xhosa for that series of campaigns.
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Apr 3, 2021 4:41:05 GMT
I've just finished Praetorian by Guy de la Bedoyere. Quite a good read that filled a very big hole in my knowledge of the institution. I've moved on to The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge, a history of William Marshal.
Cheers,
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Post by chaotic on Apr 3, 2021 6:26:06 GMT
I've just finished Praetorian by Guy de la Bedoyere. Quite a good read that filled a very big hole in my knowledge of the institution. I've moved on to The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge, a history of William Marshal. Cheers, If you like Thomas Asbridge, follow up with Asbridge's 'The First Crusade: A New History' and 'The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130'. Both also worth reading.
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Post by gregorius on Apr 3, 2021 8:06:29 GMT
I've just finished Praetorian by Guy de la Bedoyere. Quite a good read that filled a very big hole in my knowledge of the institution. I've moved on to The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge, a history of William Marshal. Cheers, If you like Thomas Asbridge, follow up with Asbridge's 'The First Crusade: A New History' and 'The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130'. Both also worth reading. Thanks for the suggestions Gary. I'll check if they are available in Kindle format. Cheers,
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Post by chaotic on Apr 3, 2021 8:49:07 GMT
If you like Thomas Asbridge, follow up with Asbridge's 'The First Crusade: A New History' and 'The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130'. Both also worth reading. Thanks for the suggestions Gary. I'll check if they are available in Kindle format. Cheers, I don't worry about format these days. I use calibre-ebook.com/ to convert to any format I want.
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Post by Haardrada on Apr 3, 2021 14:13:15 GMT
The invoice of my Essex order that arrived this morning.đ
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Post by jeffreythancock on Apr 3, 2021 15:08:13 GMT
Reading Wells' "Little Wars" again, hence my "fixation" on the Britains 4.7 inch naval gun firing matchsticks elsewhere on Fanaticus!
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Post by timurilank on Apr 3, 2021 19:12:24 GMT
The invoice of my Essex order that arrived this morning.đ We enjoy the same literature. Reading invoice from Legio Heroica which arrived late this afternoon.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 5, 2021 15:41:07 GMT
Currently reading The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen.
Half way through the book, heavy with detail but still evokes the question why are the Post Mongol Russians (IV/44) not enemies of the Swedish army (IV/54c) or Other Medieval Scandinavian armies (IV/54d)?
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Post by macbeth on Apr 6, 2021 0:39:52 GMT
Currently reading The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen. Half way through the book, heavy with detail but still evokes the question why are the Post Mongol Russians (IV/44) not enemies of the Swedish army (IV/54c) or Other Medieval Scandinavian armies (IV/54d)? Sometimes, the Great Sage Equal of Heaven insists that two nations had to have fought real battles before they can be considered enemies in the lists - a long hostile history of border raids doesn't count.
Other times there are Welsh Colonists fighting Eastern Forest Native Americans.
It is what it is
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 9, 2021 11:44:27 GMT
Today I finished 'Seapower States' - a very interesting and engaging analysis of five nations that built up great power status by control of the seas. I can't say I agree with everything he wrote, but still a good history and well worth the read.
I am now reading 'French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914' one of the stock of Ospreys I have grabbed from Book Depository
Cheers
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Post by ammianus on Apr 15, 2021 19:26:18 GMT
Until the Sun Falls, Cecelia Holland, historical fiction of the Mongol conquest of Russia and Eastern Europe. Excellent!
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Post by macbeth on Apr 18, 2021 7:26:40 GMT
Over the past week or so I have been involved in a big Ospreyfest - as a number that I had mail ordered came home to roost.
I have finished 'French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914' 'Imperial German Colonial & Overseas Troops 1885-1918' 'Armies of the Volga Bulgars & the Khanate of Kazan' 'Warrior Peoples of East Africa 1840-1900' 'Latin American Wars 190-1941: Border Wars, Banana Wars & Revolutions' 'Portuguese in the Age of Discovery c1340-1665' 'Macedonian Armies After Alexander 323-166BC'
and am now reading 'The Army of Phyrrus of Epiros 3rd Century BC' by Nicholas Sekunda
Cheers
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Post by paulisper on Apr 18, 2021 15:50:42 GMT
Just finished Alfredâs Britain by Max Adams. A read that ebbed and flowed with a change of style and narrative throughout. It was ok, but I donât feel heâs in the same class as some of the other newer history boys...
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