What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

[TulliusDetritus]

I have just started The Villa, the Lake, the Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution by Mark Roseman

So far so good.

[reg113]

Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series

[AbwehrX]

States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China

Contrary to popular history the storming of the Bastille was not the spontaneous action of a downtrodden mob. "That brigands from the South were deliberately enticed to Paris in 1789, employed and paid by the revolutionary leaders, is a fact confirmed by authorities too numerous to quote at length... In other words, the importation of the contingent of hired brigands conclusively refutes the theory that the Revolution was an irrepressible rising of the people," wrote Webster.

We see in the French Revolution the first time where grievences were systematically created in order to exploit them," wrote author still.

[warspite1]

Arctic Convoys 1941-45 (Richard Woodman). Many years ago read Sacrifice for Stalin on the same theme so this is a bit of a refresher on the subject.

[rhondabrwn]

Just finished "Scourge of War" the latest volume in Taylor Andersen's "Destroyermen" series. Now I'm left with plenty of cliffhangers till the next book.. so sad [:(]

http://destroyermen.wikia.com/wiki/Destroyermen_Wiki

On the plus side, had two baby goats born this afternoon [:)] Now up to 18 goats.

Here is the herd I want to build

https://www.facebook.com/nightline/vide ... 1/?fref=nf

I love this video!

[Ironclad]

Rereading the Safehold series which has added an epic land war to join the world wide naval one for even deeper and more complicated campaigns and battles plus the extensive political and diplomatic intrigues. Good characters on both sides with a diabolical one heading the Inquisition.

Once the campaigns and battles got going I encountered my usual problem of following this in kindle because of the difficulty of continually having to cross refer and zoom in on the relevant campaign maps. Happily a solution was to hand: the maps are available on the internet which allowed me to download them to a tablet and use that for reference.

[TulliusDetritus]

I have just started Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

[X(] And what an original book (so far)! Sometimes being a great scholar is not enough. You still have to KNOW how to explain what you know. In other words, you must be a GOOD writer. And the truth is quite many scholars are dry. Not their fault, being a scholar and a writer are two different things. But this Tom Holland guy is BOTH things [:)]

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: Ironclad

Rereading the Safehold series which has added an epic land war to join the world wide naval one for even deeper and more complicated campaigns and battles plus the extensive political and diplomatic intrigues. Good characters on both sides with a diabolical one heading the Inquisition.

Once the campaigns and battles got going I encountered my usual problem of following this in kindle because of the difficulty of continually having to cross refer and zoom in on the relevant campaign maps. Happily a solution was to hand: the maps are available on the internet which allowed me to download them to a tablet and use that for reference.

I've been considering this for awhile now. You have got my interest aroused... thanks

[Eambar]

Just finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Wasn't sure how I was going to like it but it was an excellent read. She has a very unique way of writing, sometimes it is like reading prose. I liked it so much that I jumped straight into the sequel, Bring Up the Bodies.

It has also piqued my interest in the period and have picked up a couple of books about Cromwell and the period between Thomas Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell.

Cheers

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Doggie3

Just finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Wasn't sure how I was going to like it but it was an excellent read. She has a very unique way of writing, sometimes it is like reading prose. I liked it so much that I jumped straight into the sequel, Bring Up the Bodies.

It has also piqued my interest in the period and have picked up a couple of books about Cromwell and the period between Thomas Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell.

Cheers

warspite1

Did you get the chance to watch the BBC adaptation of the book recently?

A really well done piece of drama [&o]

[Eambar]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Doggie3

Just finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Wasn't sure how I was going to like it but it was an excellent read. She has a very unique way of writing, sometimes it is like reading prose. I liked it so much that I jumped straight into the sequel, Bring Up the Bodies.

It has also piqued my interest in the period and have picked up a couple of books about Cromwell and the period between Thomas Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell.

Cheers

warspite1

Did you get the chance to watch the BBC adaptation of the book recently?

A really well done piece of drama [&o]

No, I haven't seen it but have read that it is a good adaptation. Once I've finished the books I'll see if I can pick it up somewhere. I'm also going on a long haul Emirates flight soon, I think it might be available on the in-flight entertainment system so may watch it then.

Cheers

[JEB Davis]

The Forever War
A Separate War
Forever Peace
all by Joe Haldeman

[terje439]

Andy Dougan's "Defending the honour of Kiev Dynamo", a book about the Death Match

[Eambar]

ORIGINAL: JEB Davis

The Forever War
A Separate War
Forever Peace
all by Joe Haldeman

Great series...the first books I ever read on Kindle! (Although I thought the series was Forever War, Peace, Free ...might be regionally different).

Enjoy!

Cheers

[barkhorn45]

His book"Persian Fire"is an excellent read also.

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

I have just started Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

[X(] And what an original book (so far)! Sometimes being a great scholar is not enough. You still have to KNOW how to explain what you know. In other words, you must be a GOOD writer. And the truth is quite many scholars are dry. Not their fault, being a scholar and a writer are two different things. But this Tom Holland guy is BOTH things [:)]

[TulliusDetritus]

WOW WOW WOW [X(] Tom Holland's book Rubicon has to be one of the best history books I have read about Rome [&o]

I truly recommend this great book, especially if you are interested about the civil wars, struggles, the period from the Gracchi Brothers (130s-120s B.C.) to the Battle of Actium (30 B.C.) ie the definitve victory of Augustus.

Now I will be starting Sparta by Ernst Baltrusch

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: barkhorn45

His book"Persian Fire"is an excellent read also.

I did not know at all this historian! [:)] From what I have read, he's written historical novels too. I try to focus on history itself and avoid (as a rule) the "novels" but I am going to investigate this guy and will try to read more of his books (who knows, maybe the "novels" included). Thanks for the tip [:)]

[warspite1]

E-mail received this morning - this is expected earlier than originally advised - next week to be precise!! Salivating at the prospect [:)]

[wodin]

Good book..all his books are well worth reading

ORIGINAL: parusski


Kiev 1941 by David Stahel

[Chris Hampton]

The Moscow Option by David Downing. A very interesting alt. history based on Hitler being in a plane crash and comatose in summer of '41 and the Japanese winning the battle of Midway.