What are you currently reading ?

[kipt]

Finished "The Waterloo Archive: Volume III: British Sources", edited by Gareth Glover.

More letters from participants.  In some cases different information is presented that is different than the written historical record.  Some are hearsay, but others were participants so seem correct.

[ianrs54]

beware the eyewitness, the most unreliable form of evidence

[mollinary]

beware the eyewitness, the most unreliable form of evidence

Particularly if written or recounted some time after the events described.

[cameronian]

Benedek and the Exploits and Fate of the k. k.  North Army 1866 by Moritz Freiherr von Ditfurth k. u. k. Oberleutnant a. D

[flamingpig0]

[fred.]

I’m feeling Athena Voltaire and the Sorcerer Pope is the most pulp book title ever!

[DaveH]

Finished H.G. Wells War of the Worlds - a reread from many years ago.

[Techno II]

Listening to H2G2 for the umpteenth time. 

Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

Just finished watching Harlock: Space Pirate on Amazon Prime, a glorious, ludicrous, space opera romp, somewhere between Battle Beyond the Stars and Dread Pirate Roberts in theme and tone.

[Steve J]

The Battle Cry of Freedom by McPherson on the ACW. Just started but very readable and full of interesting info, setting the scene for the conflict.

[ianrs54]

I'm plowing through a collection of H.R Rider-Haggard - the attitudes have changed loads fortuneatly

[flamingpig0]

I'm plowing through a collection of H.R Rider-Haggard - the attitudes have changed loads fortuneatly

Years a go I did some tutoring at a young offenders institute and the daft charity I worked for had bought a load of H .R. Rider-Haggard books for the inmates.

[kipt]

Finished "Send For Freddie: The Story of Montgomery's Chief of Staff Major-General Sir Francis de Guingand, KBE, CB, DSO" by General Sir Charles Richardson.

Interesting person and well written.  Montgomery comes in for his share of being a difficult person, but he did really like Freddie.

Enjoyed it.

[Techno II]

Did anyone else watch the Channel 5 three part series about the 1665 plague ?

Thought that was really interesting.....Especially the bit about Eyam....A village in the Peak district. They basically locked themselves off from the outside world, once the plague reached them.....So they wouldn't spread the contagion any further.....Particularly selfless action.

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

I've been to the Peak District. Do you think it's about time we told Eyam it's all clear?

Oh ... hang on ...

Let's leave it a while.