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Post by macbeth on Apr 21, 2021 2:02:07 GMT
The Ospreyfest ended yesterday morning as I finally finished 'The Army of Phyrrus of Epirus'.
I am now about 2/3 through "Burning The Water" by Robert Low - the second in his Border Reiver series - a good read even if the main character seems to be mainly stumbling into trouble and getting captured at every turn.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 22, 2021 6:15:00 GMT
I finished off "Burning the Water" this morning. An excellent climactic finish.
Naturally I picked up the next one in the series straight away. I am a few pages in to "Shake Loose The Border" now.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 27, 2021 7:43:26 GMT
A long weekend away allowed me to finish the last of Low's Border Reiver series in short order. 'Shake Loose The Boder' was a fine conclusion to the series and I enjoyed them all
I am now about 5 chapters in to the latest from Simon Scarrow "The Emperor's Exile"
Cheers
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Post by timurilank on Apr 30, 2021 5:02:25 GMT
Started reading A Military Life of Constantine the Great by Ian Hughes. This may push me to paint the replacement legionnaires for my Late Roman Army.
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Post by macbeth on May 3, 2021 0:47:27 GMT
I powered through "The Emperor's Exile" over the weekend, not a bad story - a trace of modern issues (pandemic) alongside the usual Roman Legion action that Scarrow does so well. Macro moves out of the picture early on in the book (but we can expect him back in the next novel) and the character of the enemy leaders (Sardinian bandits) is developed but not concluded at the end.
After that I dived into 'Armies of the Baltic Independence Wars 1918-20' an Osprey Elite publication - a good read.
This morning I started 'A Brief History of Mutiny' by Richard Woodman.
Cheers
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Post by ammianus on May 8, 2021 1:40:21 GMT
Wolfram's The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples; just finished Thomas Burns' Barbarians Within the Gates of Rome: A Study of Roman Military Policy and the Barbarians, ca.375-425 A.D.
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Post by macbeth on May 8, 2021 7:30:05 GMT
I finished 'A Brief History of Mutiny' this morning and have now moved on to 'Medieval Polish Armies 966-1500' an Osprey title I've been waiting on for a while
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on May 9, 2021 0:48:14 GMT
I've just finished The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge, a history of William Marshal. I did enjoy this book and would recommend it to those interested in the Angevin period of English history. For a change of pace I've returned to historical fiction with Cornwell's War Lord, the latest in the Utred of Beddenburgh's series. Cheers, Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on May 11, 2021 0:00:19 GMT
After quickly devouring 'Medieval Polish Armies' over the weekend I started on 'A Choir of Crows' by Candace Robb. This is the latest in her Owen Archer series that I worked my way through last century - she has only recently produced two more after a 10 year hiatus. I am more than 1/3 of the way through and it is shaping up well.
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on May 11, 2021 0:15:03 GMT
I've just finished The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge, a history of William Marshal. I did enjoy this book and would recommend it to those interested in the Angevin period of English history. For a change of pace I've returned to historical fiction with Cornwell's War Lord, the latest in the Utred of Beddenburgh's series. Cheers, Well, that was a very quick read. As usual with Cornwell, the pace is fast and very exciting. From reading between the lines War Lord may be Utred's last appearance. I've yet to decide what's next, perhaps a Sharon Penman tome. Cheers,
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Post by sonic on May 11, 2021 6:38:48 GMT
Well, that was a very quick read. As usual with Cornwell, the pace is fast and very exciting. From reading between the lines War Lord may be Utred's last appearance. I've yet to decide what's next, perhaps a Sharon Penman tome. Cheers, Sharon Penman's 'Here Be Dragons' is one of my favourite historical novels. Don't know about its historical accuracy, although it's supposed to be fairly accurate, but a good read.
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Post by gregorius on May 11, 2021 7:41:34 GMT
Well, that was a very quick read. As usual with Cornwell, the pace is fast and very exciting. From reading between the lines War Lord may be Utred's last appearance. I've yet to decide what's next, perhaps a Sharon Penman tome. Cheers, Sharon Penman's 'Here Be Dragons' is one of my favourite historical novels. Don't know about its historical accuracy, although it's supposed to be fairly accurate, but a good read. I think that "When Christ and His Saints Slept" is my favourite. Love the Anarchy period. Cheers,
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Post by sonic on May 11, 2021 7:55:32 GMT
Sharon Penman's 'Here Be Dragons' is one of my favourite historical novels. Don't know about its historical accuracy, although it's supposed to be fairly accurate, but a good read. I think that "When Christ and His Saints Slept" is my favourite. Love the Anarchy period. Cheers, Good choice. One of my few 'heroes' is Llewelyn Fawr, at the heart of 'Dragons'. I have the Welsh DBA army in both 15mm and 25mm!
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Post by nangwaya on May 12, 2021 11:14:09 GMT
Just finished reading "The Portable Wargame" by Bob Cordery, and looking forward to trying out the Late 19th Century rules he has.
Just received in the post:
The Solo Wargaming Guide - William Silvester Developing the Portable Wargame - Bob Cordery Donald Featherstone's Solo-Wargaming
and ordered: One-hour Wargames: Practical Tabletop Battles for those with limited time and space - Neil Thomas Tony Bath's Ancient Wargaming, Including Setting Up a Wargames Campaign - John Curry
Along with my novels to read, I am pretty much set until at least September.
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Post by martin on May 12, 2021 11:52:45 GMT
Just finished reading "The Portable Wargame" by Bob Cordery, and looking forward to trying out the Late 19th Century rules he has. Just received in the post: The Solo Wargaming Guide - William Silvester Developing the Portable Wargame - Bob Cordery Donald Featherstone's Solo-Wargaming and ordered: One-hour Wargames: Practical Tabletop Battles for those with limited time and space - Neil Thomas Hi. I’ve been using Portable Wargame and Developing PW for about a year now. Lots of fun. There ARE holes in the rules, but the basic foundation is simple and rock solid, so you can tweak things to suit yourself. I’ve used the Later C19th rules for ACW, 1864 Schleswig, 1866, Zulu Wars, Sudan campaigns etc. Love ‘em. Have also tweaked/adjusted to suit myself. Some QRSs have been placed in the files section of the ‘The Portable Wargame’ groups.io site. Also Simon W from this forum ran some ancients games with me over Zoom, and from this we tweaked a few rules, giving another QRS expanding on the DPW set. And recently there’s been a Pike and Shot book, with an excellent ECW set by Alan Saunders, using Portable Wargame as the root. One Hour Wargames is a brilliant book....the rules are simple, but work, and the book is worth buying just for the 30 (yes 30!) scenarios, which I’ve also used for Portable Wargame and DBA. Very versatile. There’s a groups.io for that, too, under ‘AMW and other Neil Thomas Rules’. Enjoy!!
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