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Post by gregorius on Jun 28, 2023 23:22:31 GMT
Imperial Governor by George Shipway, and Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain by Simon Turney The George Shipway title is a classic. His other titles are just as good. Cheers,
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Post by Brian Ború on Jul 2, 2023 7:20:16 GMT
Simon Parkin: A Game Of Birds And Wolves
It describes the U-Boat war of WWII by telling the many detailed histories of its "unknown warriors". Though it is a work of history, it reads like a novel, a thriller–and a damn good one.
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Post by paulisper on Jul 2, 2023 16:52:49 GMT
Getting stuck into Tomas Asbridge’s ‘The First Crusade’ and it’s very good, indeed 😃
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Post by gregorius on Jul 2, 2023 23:35:24 GMT
Getting stuck into Tomas Asbridge’s ‘The First Crusade’ and it’s very good, indeed 😃 Some parallel reading to match your current Early Crusader project? Cheers,
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Post by paulisper on Jul 3, 2023 6:26:02 GMT
Getting stuck into Tomas Asbridge’s ‘The First Crusade’ and it’s very good, indeed 😃 Some parallel reading to match your current Early Crusader project? Cheers, Yes and have doubled down by purchasing his other Crusades text too 😝 P
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Post by ammianus on Jul 3, 2023 17:35:46 GMT
Robert Low's The Oathsworn; "The Whale Road" and ""The Wolf Sea," so far...
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Post by Simon on Jul 3, 2023 20:55:52 GMT
Just finished reading "The Wager" about a Royal navy shipwreck in South America in the 1740s. Excellent.
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Post by ammianus on Jul 4, 2023 17:18:51 GMT
Robert Low's The Oathsworn series; "The White Raven," and "The Prowbeast."
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Post by ammianus on Jul 9, 2023 15:35:12 GMT
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Post by kaiphranos on Jul 9, 2023 18:54:49 GMT
An old favorite of mine - source of my username.
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Post by macbeth on Jul 10, 2023 2:18:57 GMT
With a trip to Western Australia lined up for last week I put the UNESCO General History of Africa on hold as that weighty tome was not conducive to air travel reading.
During my trip I read * "Semper Mars" by Ian Douglas - a bit of near future military Sci Fi a reasonable read * "Target Zero" by Anthony Riches - the second instalment of his modern police/spy thriller series (The Protector) quite engaging but as often with Riches the story hinges on a "I was already prepared for this and here is how I did it" flashback sequences. * "The Ring that Caesar Wore" - by Ashley Gardner - book 3 in the Leonadis the Gladiator mysteries - the premise was weak and the motivation of the villain precarious. * "An Empty Throne" by Robert Fabbri - book three in his "Legacy of Alexander" series - quite good as this one brings us to the climax of the Antigonas vs Eumenes conflict and the end of Queen Olympias.
By the time the flight touched down I was 1/3 of the way through "The City" by Adrian Goldsworthy - and I'm loving this.
Last month I put UNESCO Africa on pause to quickly read two sets of wargames rules so that we could try them out. "Gaslands Refuelled" and "Mars: Code Aurora" bot were very good to play.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Jul 17, 2023 5:10:48 GMT
Over the last week I finished off 'The City' - Goldsworthy did not disappoint.
Now that I'm back in reading the UNESCO General History of Africa
Cheers
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Post by paulisper on Jul 17, 2023 7:23:35 GMT
Started reading the newly released paperback ‘Persians: The Age of the Great Kings’ by Lloyd Llewellyn Jones.
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Post by diades on Jul 17, 2023 14:01:48 GMT
Just about finished Brian A Catlos’ “Kingdoms of Faith; a new history of Islamic Spain”.
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Post by diades on Jul 17, 2023 14:05:46 GMT
Started reading the newly released paperback ‘Persians: The Age of the Great Kings’ by Lloyd Llewellyn Jones. P I enjoyed it. I followed it up with Sattin’s “Nomads”.
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