What are you currently reading ?

[Techno]

Listening to 'Carnival Of Shadows' by R.J. Ellory.

Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

Sharpe's Tiger. Nuff said.

[fsn]

What amazed me was the chap from Ireland who was illiterate, but was able to recite long stories from memory. A genuine bard; I didn't understand a word he said, but it was somehow hypnotic.

And that was only 30 years ago!

[kipt]

Finished Volume 79, Number 4 of "The Journal of Military History".  Mainly WWI articles but some on the ACW (such as "Environment and the Course of Battle: Flooding at Shiloh".  Interesting discussion of the influence of all the rains before the battle and how it affected the landscape and the arrival of troops).

[Techno]

Gave up on 'Carnival Of Shadows'......Though it was quite enjoyable. it just dragged on and on and on and I was losing the will to live.
Trying to listen to 'Perdition' by James Jackson...set about 200 years after the Crusaders took Jerusalem.

As I'm using the Dremmel so much, I have to keep stopping.....So I keep losing the thread of the story. 

Cheers - Phil

[PB]

After a recent flurry of 10mm WSS painting, I am currently revisiting "The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough".

[fsn]

Now that is an inspirational book!

Please don't get me excited about the WSS! I've already got three different periods on my painting table!

[fsn]

Techno! Tech ... no ... switch off the Dremel, it's no way to stir your tea ... have a listen to this ...

http://www.radiodramarevival.com/

Some SF and fantasy and drama audio theatre.

I was listening to one about a telepathic detective on a space liner.

[Techno]

Thanks, Nobby !

Cheers - Phil

[SV52]

Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup, fascinating stuff if on the heavy side.
and
Virgil - Aeneid.  Has its bright moments but most of the time seems like I'm doing penance for some dreadful act.

Not sure which one is light relief from the other.

[FierceKitty]

Depressing after all those years learning Latin to find there's next to no literature, and what there is we'll never understand....

[Roy]

Shaka Zulu - Ritter

[Leman]

I didn't realise Shaka rode with the German cavalry.

[FierceKitty]

It's not meant to be taken literally. It obviously refers to anyone of noble family.

[oldblindjohn]

Germs, Guns, and Steel.