What are you currently reading ?

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

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Ithoriel

"My postilion has been struck by lightning" surely :)

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Leman

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cameronian

Duel of Giants, political build up to 1870, interesting, pity it stops at the war
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kipt

Finished "Gettysburg Magazine" issue 59.  Articles in this one are:

Serving the Guns in Thompson's Battery
"A Promiscuous Fight": The Defense of Cemetery Hill
"Our Task is Not Yet Accomplished": Meade's Decision Making after Victory at Gettysburg, July 4, 1863
Of Cupolas and Sharpshooters: Major General John Fulton Reynolds and Popular Gettysburg Myths


Plus a few others. Good in depth analysis.

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Leman

Didn't think there were many sailors on Cemetery Hill.
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kipt

Finished "British Cruisers of the Victorian Era" by Norman Friedman.  Similar to his other books with many pictures and stats.  Good history and particularly on the design and building of the different classes of cruisers.  To me there is something very appealing about a warship and the pictures reinforce that feeling.

Well done but can be dry because of the stats, but if you are researching a particular ship for this period, this is the book you need.

Leman

Lobositz to Leuthen and  Olmutz to Torgau, by Hortace St Paul, are currently being sold as a pair for £25 by Naval and Military Press, originally priced at £75.
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Steve J

Bugger! I bought mine earlier in the year, but at around £50 for both :(. I'm only on the first book, but very interesting and well printed. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the SYW.

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A Brief History of The Samurai: A New History of The Warrior Elite by Jonathan Clements (Robinson 2010)
Not bad, if a tad dry.
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The Second Barons War by John Sadler. Will report back when finished. Started well, although a little confusing as there are several Simon de Montforts and he also uses the X Earl of Leicester frequently as well, which can be a tad confusing. Excellent second chapter on warfare in the C13th. Just getting into chapter 3, the reign of Henry III, so the rebellion and scrapping should not be too far off. I have played this period in Impetus with a friend's 28mm and it was terrific fun, so looking to use my Pendraken early medievals for this.
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fsn

Every now and then I drag myself into WH Smiths to peruse, and probably purchase Ancient Warfare magazine or Medieval Warfare magazine. Both are excellent periodicals - if a tad on the expensive side.

About once a year I deign to spend some of my hard-won groats on a wargames magazine. This exercise makes me remember why I don't buy wargames magazines.
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