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Post by paulisper on Jul 19, 2024 7:05:04 GMT
Now it’s out in paperback, Pax by Tom Holland, one of my favourite authors, alongside Dan Jones 👍
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Post by macbeth on Aug 14, 2024 1:38:08 GMT
OMG - I've been a little bit remiss in my posting of reading adventures - I only finished 'World Heritage Sites of China on Sunday but in that time I have powered through a number of other books because that one was too massive to take with me on trips or to work
"The Last Dying Light" by William Havelock "Medieval Indian Armies (2) Indo Islamic Forces" - David Nicolle (an Osprey MAA book) "Anglo Saxon Kings and Warlords" - Raffaele D'Amato (an Osprey Elite) the latter two were waiting for me when I returned from NZ - and then I was off to Sydney as the younger of the (not so) little warbands went to compete in the National Artistic Roller Skating championships - holiday reading then was "Queen Macbeth" - Val McDermid - a Darklands tale, shortish story set after the death in battle of Macbeth with his queen hiding out in a monastery. A good if short read that seemed to tick all the Dark Age historical boxes. I think Darklands might be a collection of bleak continuations of classic stories by different authors. "Warrior and Protector" - Peter Gibbons a Saxon Warrior's story in the lead up to the Battle of MaldonThe book I started next was destroyed when my water bottle opened in my backpack and I am still trying to get a new copy ("Out of the Black Lands" by Kerry Greenwood - its another Akenaten story). So I bought "Borderlines: A History of Europe Told from the Edges" - Lewis Baston, modern Europe specifically about the borders. Really well worth reading "Armies in Southern Russia 1918-19" - Phoebus Athanassiou (Osprey MAA about the Russian Civil War) After getting back to Canberra I read "The Indians" - one of the Time Life History of the American West books "Silver" by Chris Hammer - modern Australian crime, the sequel to Scrublands "Fake Heroes" - Otto English, the bios of some iconic characters which the author proceeds to tear down.
I am now reading Nick Aitchison's "The Picts and Scots at War"
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Aug 14, 2024 3:01:44 GMT
OMG - I've been a little bit remiss in my posting of reading adventures - I only finished 'World Heritage Sites of China on Sunday but in that time I have powered through a number of other books because that one was too massive to take with me on trips or to work "The Last Dying Light" by William Havelock "Medieval Indian Armies (2) Indo Islamic Forces" - David Nicolle (an Osprey MAA book) "Anglo Saxon Kings and Warlords" - Raffaele D'Amato (an Osprey Elite) the latter two were waiting for me when I returned from NZ - and then I was off to Sydney as the younger of the (not so) little warbands went to compete in the National Artistic Roller Skating championships - holiday reading then was "Queen Macbeth" - Val McDermid - a Darklands tale, shortish story set after the death in battle of Macbeth with his queen hiding out in a monastery. A good if short read that seemed to tick all the Dark Age historical boxes. I think Darklands might be a collection of bleak continuations of classic stories by different authors. "Warrior and Protector" - Peter Gibbons a Saxon Warrior's story in the lead up to the Battle of MaldonThe book I started next was destroyed when my water bottle opened in my backpack and I am still trying to get a new copy ("Out of the Black Lands" by Kerry Greenwood - its another Akenaten story). So I bought "Borderlines: A History of Europe Told from the Edges" - Lewis Baston, modern Europe specifically about the borders. Really well worth reading "Armies in Southern Russia 1918-19" - Phoebus Athanassiou (Osprey MAA about the Russian Civil War) After getting back to Canberra I read "The Indians" - one of the Time Life History of the American West books "Silver" by Chris Hammer - modern Australian crime, the sequel to Scrublands "Fake Heroes" - Otto English, the bios of some iconic characters which the author proceeds to tear down. I am now reading Nick Aitchison's "The Picts and Scots at War" Cheers David, between painting and reading when do you sleep 🤔? You're are certainly powering through the tomes. Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Aug 20, 2024 23:36:08 GMT
On Monday night I finally finished 'The Picts and Scots at War' as I'd found it hard going.
Now for some light relief I'm reading 'Trust' by Chris Hammer a contemporary Australian Crime novel - third in the series and have been powering through.
Cheers
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Post by hodsopa on Aug 21, 2024 18:25:42 GMT
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson, about the central powers in WWI. I'm in the middle of the board game Paths of Glory, playing the central powers, and this complements it. (For my next move, spring 2015, I plan to attack Verdun, a year before the Germans did)
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Post by gregorius on Aug 21, 2024 23:20:10 GMT
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson, about the central powers in WWI. I'm in the middle of the board game Paths of Glory, playing the central powers, and this complements it. (For my next move, spring 2015, I plan to attack Verdun, a year before the Germans did) Or a century later 😉. Cheers,
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Post by hodsopa on Aug 22, 2024 14:28:55 GMT
That would have surprised the French!
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Post by macbeth on Aug 26, 2024 0:02:24 GMT
After 'Trust' by Chris Hammer that I powered through in under 3 days I picked up 'The Martial Arts of Ancient Greece' a book I bought at an exhibition of Classical Artifacts at the Museum of Australia.
This book wasn't worth the effort.
I have now just started 'Bosworth: Psychology of a Battle' by Michael Jones
cheers
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Post by Cromwell on Aug 26, 2024 7:32:24 GMT
Currently read “To War with Wellington” by Peter Snow.
Very well written, follows the career of Wellington from the Peninsula to Waterloo.
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Post by gregorius on Aug 26, 2024 23:26:20 GMT
Currently read “To War with Wellington” by Peter Snow. Very well written, follows the career of Wellington from the Peninsula to Waterloo. A set oldies but a goodies on Wellington are the 3 books by Jac Weller. They cover Wellington in India, the Peninsular War, and finally Waterloo. Cheers,
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Post by Cromwell on Aug 27, 2024 6:00:04 GMT
I will be checking these.out. Thanks
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Post by macbeth on Sept 2, 2024 1:04:14 GMT
I finished 'Bosworth' on Thursday - a good read and then picked up the Chris Hammer crime novel "Treasure and Dirt" where he takes a supporting character from his previous trilogy and makes him centre stage. I powered through this and finished it on Saturday while waiting to pack up after the first day's ice skating competition.
I am now a couple of chapters into Norman Cantor's "The Last Knight" a biography of John of Gaunt. The reviews on Librarything are not promising but I'll push on
Cheers
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Post by Brian Ború on Sept 7, 2024 20:25:06 GMT
I was lucky to purchase the Folio Society edition of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a very special offer. And now I am quite astonished about its easy style ... And how many expressions it offers: Balance of Power a.o. Looking forward to having a lot of happy time with it...
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