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Post by ammianus on Jan 29, 2022 17:27:31 GMT
Just starting: The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain Hardcover – by Edwin Pace
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Post by gregorius on Feb 1, 2022 20:25:32 GMT
I'm about 1/3 of the way through the latest Cato and Macro volume, The Honour of Rome, by Simon Scarrow. Macro finds himself retired to Britannia about a year before the revolt of the Iceni. The usual rollicking adventure is expected.
Cheers,
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Post by ammianus on Feb 6, 2022 3:22:33 GMT
Armies of Julius Caesar 58–44 BC (Osprey), rereading The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works; and Caesar Against Rome: The Great Roman Civil War by Ramon L. Jiménez
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Post by macbeth on Feb 7, 2022 4:20:26 GMT
After completing 'The Military Collapse of the Ming Dynasty' on Saturday I then started "Muhammad - Islam's First Great General" by Richard Gabriel
Cheers
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Post by ammianus on Feb 7, 2022 15:35:01 GMT
reading Constantius III, Rome's Lost Hope by Ian Hughes
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Post by macbeth on Feb 15, 2022 0:22:30 GMT
I quite enjoyed "Muhammad - Islam's First Great General" knocking over the last few pages on Sunday after wargaming.
My next read "A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail" by Kenneth Swope is another in the Campaigns and Commanders series.
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Mar 1, 2022 22:15:25 GMT
I've just finished reading the latest episode of the Ballista adventures by Harry Sidebottom, called The Burning Road. The background of the novel is the 3rd century Sicilian slave revolt, which is only fleetingly referenced in 1 ancient source. Most enjoyable.
Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Mar 2, 2022 1:20:32 GMT
While in Bendigo I finished off "A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail" and then turned my attention to the latest of Lindsay Davis' Flavia Albia series "Comedy of Terrors" both were extremely good.
I then powered through 'Chinatown Beat' by Harry Chang a departure from my usual, gritty modern crime.
Now I am just starting 'A Snake Lies Waiting' by Jin Yong - the third book in the saga of the Condor Heroes, a martial arts thriller set at the time of the rise of the Mongols.
Cheers
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Post by timurilank on Mar 5, 2022 16:46:42 GMT
Finished reading, “A Brief Examination of Warfare by Medieval Urban Militias in Central and Northern Europe” by J.H. Chandler.
The essay covers the late medieval period touching on the expansion of Free City state armies. Chandler draws heavily on the “Annals of Jan Dhugosz”, considered by many to be Poland’s first historian.
Worth a read if interested in tweaking the Medieval German list (IV/13).
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Post by gregorius on Mar 12, 2022 21:48:14 GMT
Working my way through a backlog of magazines, both digital and analogue.
Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Mar 14, 2022 23:55:25 GMT
I finished 'A Snake Lies Waiting' which was basically three interlinked long fight scenes and I am now moving on to the fourth book in this series 'A Heart Divided'
If it follows the trend of book three then I won't be bothering with what is supposed to be a new series continuing on but set half a generation later when the Jin have been overrun by the Mongols and now the Mongols are turning their eyes toward the Song Empire.
A pity, the setting would be a personal favourite, but the story is quite verbose for such a light plot.
cheers
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Post by ammianus on Mar 19, 2022 0:07:02 GMT
Late Roman Warlords by Penny MacGeorge; last years of the Western Roman Empire.(venue for some my fav armies!)
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Post by macbeth on Mar 27, 2022 10:57:20 GMT
I finally came to an end with 'A Heart Divided' on Saturday afternoon - plot device upon plot device to put the main character in a compounding impossible position. I still loved the setting but the story not so much.
I then picked up the Lion Rampant supplement 'A Viking In The Sun' potted history and Lion Rampant scenarios for the early career of Harald Hadrada.
Now for a change of pace I am reading William Maley's 'The Afghanistan Wars' a history of the modern conflicts in that tragic nation. This is the third edition but is already dated as it was published just before the withdrawal, so the conclusions drawn at the end may be quaint.
Cheers
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Post by sonic on Mar 27, 2022 19:10:37 GMT
Late Roman Warlords by Penny MacGeorge; last years of the Western Roman Empire.(venue for some my fav armies!) You've either had that book a long time or have paid an absolute fortune for it!!
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Post by ammianus on Mar 27, 2022 19:26:26 GMT
$39, December 2019, Amazon. Goes about $200 nowadays.
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