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Post by macbeth on Apr 9, 2017 22:45:16 GMT
With "The Book Of War" done as of Saturday I picked up "The Forgotten Battle of 1066 Fulford" by Charles Jones and am about 35 pages in - he is currently setting the scene with a short narrative on the years of Danish rule in England
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Post by macbeth on Apr 27, 2017 23:11:31 GMT
I finished "The Forgotten Battle of 1066 Fulford" last week and am now all but done with "Crusade and Jihad" by Malcolm Lambert.
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Post by macbeth on May 1, 2017 7:34:00 GMT
It took me a lot longer than I expected to find the time to finish off the last few pages of "Crusade and Jihad" - but once done over the weekend I then picked up Harry Sidebottom's latest in his "Throne of the Caesars" series - "Fire and Sword". This was a good read and I had pretty much finished it by today  |
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Post by macbeth on May 1, 2017 23:23:18 GMT
With "Fire and Sword" done and dusted I quickly picked up "Storming the Heavens" by Antonio Santusuosso - this is a brief history of Soldiers, Emperors and Civilians in the Roman Empire. I am just about through the second chapter and it has been good so far.
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Post by Cromwell on May 2, 2017 7:06:40 GMT
Currently reading "Eagles Conquest" by Simon Scarrow. A Novel about the Roman Invasion of Britain. I have other books in the series which follows the adventures of Centurion Macro of the 6th Century 2nd Legion and his Optio Cato.
Good read.
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Post by macbeth on May 5, 2017 7:35:46 GMT
Well - today I finished 'Storming the Heavens' and really enjoyed it. He has two others that I am now interested in getting (but one of them is a bit pricey on The Book Depository)
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Post by macbeth on May 9, 2017 4:49:53 GMT
This morning I finished off "Hereward: The Bloody Crown" by James Wiled - the sixth in his Hereward series and where he comes to a pause in that series before embarking on another project (called Pendradgon I suspect it will be a Dark Age, gritty Arthurian).
The Hereward Series was well written and very enjoyable, however when he took Hereward and his spear brothers to Byzantium to become part of the Varangian Guard the plots became a little strange. All in all I would recommend the series but the first three were much better than the later ones.
I also would have been happier if Wilde's next project was not Arhtur - I have a shelf full of Arthur series - as a young man I thought I would never grow tired of this story being re-told in new and interesting ways, but now I'm thinking perhaps something else might be better.
Today I have started "The Byzantine Wars by John Haldon.
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Post by macbeth on May 19, 2017 4:33:31 GMT
I finished off "The Byzantine Wars" earlier this week (probably Wed). Next on my to read list (after a large consignment from The Book Depository hit my doorstep) is "Dark Serpent" by Paul Doherty. This is a return to his Hugh Corbett series after a long break. So far it is going well.
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Post by timurilank on May 22, 2017 18:14:19 GMT
Just finished Anthony Riches' Altar of Blood. How the tribes were played off against one another is interesting campaign material. |
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Post by macbeth on May 25, 2017 1:11:04 GMT
Yesterday I finished "Dark Serpent" - quite a good read giving a fun plot of machinations between the courts of Phillip the Fair and Edward II.
So I started on Simon Scarrow's latest Eagles of the Empire book "Invictus".
Up to his usual high standard (I am about 1/4 of the way through).
cheers
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Post by macbeth on May 31, 2017 5:31:46 GMT
Late last night I finished "Invictus" and had thoroughly enjoyed it.
This morning I picked up "Legions in Crisis" by Paul Elliot, a short narrative history of the change in the structure and armament of the Legions during the Third Century Crisis. This is a good source for the Middle Imperial Roman period.
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Post by maerk on Jun 1, 2017 15:15:22 GMT
I am thoroughly enjoying Conn Iggulden's War of the Roses series, currently reading book three. The characters are absolutely wonderful - I find myself switching my allegiance with every chapter.
best,
Maerk
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Post by macbeth on Jun 1, 2017 23:01:22 GMT
I finished "Legions in Crisis" early this morning.
Very enjoyable!
Keeping the Middle Imperial Roman theme I am now reading the latest in Nick Brown's "Agent of Rome" series - "The Earthly Gods"
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Post by macbeth on Jun 7, 2017 5:15:34 GMT
I polished off "The Earthly Gods" on the weekend and then dropped into Giles Kristian's second book in his "Rise of Sigurd" series. "Winter's Fire" was excellent - I had a solid couple of hours to read it yesterday morning while the younger of my (not so) little (anymore) warbands was having some early morning figure skating training. The dialogue was full of Saga talk and all up I found it very engaging. The third book will be released soon and I can't wait to get my grubby paws on it So now I am a chapter into David Churchill's second book in "The Leopards of Normandy" series. This book - "Duke" will cover the youth of William the Bastard setting itself up for a third book ("Conqueror") where England will be conquered. Cheers |
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Post by macbeth on Jun 12, 2017 23:34:31 GMT
What a great weekend. I finished off "Duke" on Saturday - my early annoyance with one of the supporting characters (a poisoner called Jamilla who masquerades as a man called Jarl the Viper) evaporated when the plot and character were further developed. The Norman Conquest of England is about the second most novelised historical event (coming in behind King Arthur and ahead of the Anknenaten/Nefertiti story). It is interesting to see the change in attitude over time - very few modern novelists portray Edward the Confessor sympathetically these days. After "Duke" I raced through a short novel written by a local, good friend and fellow wargamer. Timothy Spence was kind enough to autograph the copy of "Reflections of a Simple Soul" for me with the words "You were always a better wargamer than I"  . The story was good and easy to follow, the main character blunders cluelessly through his life, always being played by someone else, we the reader can see the troubles unfolding. It is only halfway through the novel that we discover that it is fantasy (with demons etc) and not a historical novel. So now I am about halfway through "A Brief History of Khubilai Khan" by Jonathan Clements. The "Brief History" series always gives me something new - and this one is no disappointment. I discovered new and interesting facts about the first Mongol Invasion of Japan. Very cool Cheers |
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. The story was good and easy to follow, the main character blunders cluelessly through his life, always being played by someone else, we the reader can see the troubles unfolding. It is only halfway through the novel that we discover that it is fantasy (with demons etc) and not a historical novel.