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Post by mark leslie on Nov 11, 2021 2:51:44 GMT
Cheers my peeps, Santa is sourcing a copy now!
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Post by Brynn on Nov 11, 2021 3:23:56 GMT
Early Mesopotamia: Society Economy at the Dawn of History Has been pretty good so far, some of the formatting is very strange (quotes will chop up paragraphs). But it seems to cover a lot of topics well in a scholarly manner. It does feel lacking though, not sure why.
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Post by ammianus on Nov 12, 2021 23:51:27 GMT
Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000 (3d edition) (Palgrave History of Europe) by Roger Collins
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Post by gregorius on Nov 15, 2021 4:16:32 GMT
After a hiatus with regard to reading, I've started on the 2nd installment of the Titus Chronicles by R.W. Peake. In this series Peake has skipped half a millennium plus, and numerous generations of the Titus dynasty, to locate the action in Anglo-Saxon England during the reign of Alfred the Great. Once again, a rollicking good read. Cheers, I finished this book yesterday and I must say that I'm enjoying Peake's foray into the Dark Ages. Next up is Camelot as recommended by Macbeth. Cheers, After a significant break I finished Camelot by Giles Kristian today. A nice alternative take on the later part of the Arthurian myth. I'm going off on a tangent for my next piece of reading, Cornwell's latest in his Sharpe series. I'm eager to see what our favourite fictional Rifleman is up to. Cheers,
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Post by rsdean on Nov 16, 2021 10:18:03 GMT
Iâm rereading Rosemary Sutcliffâs Roman Britain books; Iâm currently halfway through The Silver Branch. Enough Airfix/HaT/etc. Romans and opponents are available if the inspiration overtakes me.
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Post by ammianus on Nov 16, 2021 21:53:05 GMT
Hope this week to receive: The Battle of Nördlingen 1634: The Bloody Fight Between Tercios and Brigades (Century of the Soldier)
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Post by ammianus on Nov 17, 2021 1:37:04 GMT
Meditations: Marcus Aurelius
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Post by Roland on Nov 17, 2021 2:08:41 GMT
"Eagle of the Ninth" and "Quest for the Lost Roman Legions" ( just for funzies)
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Post by martini on Nov 20, 2021 0:00:34 GMT
Reading - and enjoying - Monty's Men by John Buckley. Its a history of the British army and the liberation of Europe. Regarding the difference between the frontal armour on Tigers and Panthers versus that on Shermans, Buckley quotes a Lt in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry thus:
'My crews got almost obsessive about not having a thick sloping glacis plate in front like a Panther. I recall deliberately backing into a firing position so as to have the protection of the engine. There was the added advantage that if you had to get out in a hurry you had all the forward gears.'
Elsewhere, Buckley note that analysis at the time concluded that if a Sherman was hit, the crew had only 6 seconds to bail out. Brings it home to you how brave those crews must have been.
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Post by gregorius on Nov 26, 2021 22:27:33 GMT
I finished this book yesterday and I must say that I'm enjoying Peake's foray into the Dark Ages. Next up is Camelot as recommended by Macbeth. Cheers, After a significant break I finished Camelot by Giles Kristian today. A nice alternative take on the later part of the Arthurian myth. I'm going off on a tangent for my next piece of reading, Cornwell's latest in his Sharpe series. I'm eager to see what our favourite fictional Rifleman is up to. Cheers, I fairly breezed through Sharpe's Assassin. Definitely no surprises regarding plotlines and characters. It all felt rather comfortable returning to the adventures of Harper and Sharpe. Macbeth, aka David Lawrence, lent me 2 books by Steve Tibble dealing with the crusader kingdom. First up is The Crusader Armies. This is a particularly new take on warfare in the Latin Levant. I'm certainly enjoying it. Cheers,
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Post by gregorius on Nov 30, 2021 6:00:03 GMT
After a significant break I finished Camelot by Giles Kristian today. A nice alternative take on the later part of the Arthurian myth. I'm going off on a tangent for my next piece of reading, Cornwell's latest in his Sharpe series. I'm eager to see what our favourite fictional Rifleman is up to. Cheers, I fairly breezed through Sharpe's Assassin. Definitely no surprises regarding plotlines and characters. It all felt rather comfortable returning to the adventures of Harper and Sharpe. Macbeth, aka David Lawrence, lent me 2 books by Steve Tibble dealing with the crusader kingdom. First up is The Crusader Armies. This is a particularly new take on warfare in the Latin Levant. I'm certainly enjoying it. Cheers, Today I finished The Crusader Armies. I cannot recommend this book too highly. It takes a very fresh look at wafare in the Latin Levant from the foundation of the various Crusader principalities through to the battle of Hattin. I can seeing it becoming the go-to volume on crusading warfare. Based on his first book I'm looking forward to reading Tibble's The Crusader Strategy. Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Dec 6, 2021 7:26:59 GMT
After finishing Hellenistic and Roman Naval Warfare I quickly rushed through the two Osprey Elite books on Roman Heavy Cavalry
I am now about halfway through 'The Campaigns of Sargon II: King of Assyria, 721-705BC' by Sarah C Melville.
This is an excellent read, and is the kindest treatment of Assyria I have read in a very long time.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Dec 13, 2021 0:50:07 GMT
Over the weekend I finished off 'The Campaigns of Sargon II'.
My next foray is into 'War and Society in Imperial Rome' by Brian Campbell
I have slowly been building up my collection fo the Routledge Warfare and History series but ooh what gives with the price of these paperbacks
Cheers
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Post by paulisper on Dec 21, 2021 14:36:09 GMT
Racing through Myke Coleâs âLegion v Phalanxâ book and itâs been a fun, light read. An interesting narrative style, focusing on six key battles, with an introduction and summary book-ending these reports.
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Post by timurilank on Dec 24, 2021 7:50:36 GMT
If you like reading the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowskiâs latest is a Hussite trilogy. The Tower of Fools and Warriors of God are available in English.
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