What are you currently reading ?

Started by goat major, 03 November 2012, 06:40:05 PM

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Steve J

Osprey books on the Baltic Crusades and the Scandanavian and Russian forces involved. All in advance of sorting out (finally, as I planned this over 2 years ago :-[) some Retinues for Lion Rampant.

DaveH

Quote from: mollinary on 25 April 2016, 05:16:49 PM
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Mollinary

That French chap with the good trousers? Bonne pants or something...

DaveH

Wiley Sword The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin & Nashville

Leman

Good book that one - I thoroughly enjoyed it, although it does nothing to enhance Hood's reputation.

I am currently reading 'We're All Damaged' - contemporary humorous novel set in Omaha - along the lines of ........ no forgotten, but it's about some bloke and a record shop.
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Ithoriel

Quote from: Leman on 09 May 2016, 08:23:09 AM
I am currently reading 'We're All Damaged' - contemporary humorous novel set in Omaha - along the lines of ........ no forgotten, but it's about some bloke and a record shop.

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby? Good film, even better book.
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Leman

Yep, along those lines - average bloke trying to get himself back together after wife divorces him for paramedic hunk. Also features the Gay Mafia who are a hoot and glitter bomb those opposed to gay marriage. His mother, who is slightly to the right of Sarah Palin, has caused all this.
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T13A

Hi

Caesar, by Adrian Goldsworthy

Cheers Paul

T13A Out!

kipt

Finished "The Campaign in West and South Germany: June-July 1866" by Michael Embree.  To me it was a little disjointed and the wording on the maps too small.  Also, place names in the text are not all shown on the maps.

Other than those minor quibbles, I did enjoy the book.

Leman

Whereas there are places shown on some of the maps which do not get mentioned in the text.
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kipt

Also finished "The Franco-Prussian War - A Guide" by Steve Shann.  A short pamphlet booklet that he did in 1987.  A precursor to his Osprey's(?)

Interesting.

Leman

Don't know about that, but in my early days of Franco-Prussianism he and Michael Howard were a godsend.
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cameronian

Howard should be read every couple of years just for the sheer pleasure of his prose.
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Roy

Going through the Kindle samples so I can decide what I need to buy
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Leman

Now reading Sharp Practice 2. The videos arte a hoot, but do help in understanding the intent of the rules.
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Roy

Quote from: Leman on 12 May 2016, 12:49:49 PM
...The videos arte a hoot, but do help in understanding the intent of the rules.

Best video I've seen (today) for a rules book is this one.



Music turned to loud!



Edwin King's blog has a brief write-up
https://diplomatist2.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/tribal-first-thoughts.html
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