What are you currently reading ?

[NTM]

I enjoyed the Vagabond trilogy too. Only read one of the Warrior series but know what you mean about similarities

[Raider4]

. . . For me Cornwell's best work was his "Warlord Trilogy" on Arthur . . .

Okay, you've sold me. Just bought the Winter King for my kindle.

Cheers, Martyn
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[Westmarcher]

I'm just starting "The Battle of Waterloo, a series of accounts, by a Near Observer."

Let us know when you've finished it, Nobby. Would be interested to find out how or if it lived up to your expectations. Ta.

[fsn]

I picked up in a junk shop "Small Arms Manual" by Lt Col J A Barlow SAC, The West Yorkshire Rgt (With many illustrations.) from about 1940 as it is aimed at the Home Guard.

Instructions on rifles, LMGs, MMGs and pistols. Includes the .256 inch Revelli Medium Machine Gun - length "rather longer than the Vickers."


This is useful stuff, but what is so interesting are the adverts:

Gilette: blades last longer and save steel. (1s/3d for 5 - that's about 7p)
Buy your clothes from Rego and put the money you save into war savings.
There's nothing like Nufix for perfect hair health and perfect grooming. Eliminates scurf-dandruff. Handy, convenient and safe to carry. Bottles 7 1/2d.

[Fenton]

(With many illustrations.) from about 1940 as it is aimed at the Home Guard.

What are you implying?

[FierceKitty]

Armies of the Middle Ages (Heath). Annoying quirk he developed writing this: says utilize all the time (rather than use, which a human being would say), and clearly has no understanding of the word decimate.

[Ithoriel]

decimate
ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
verb
verb: decimate; 3rd person present: decimates; past tense: decimated; past participle: decimated; gerund or present participle: decimating

    1.
    kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
    "the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"

[paulr]

decimate
ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
verb
verb: decimate; 3rd person present: decimates; past tense: decimated; past participle: decimated; gerund or present participle: decimating

    1.
    kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
    "the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"

1/10 isn't really a large proportion
Unless of course you are the one

[Ithoriel]

The word decimate ceased to be reserved solely for the loss of a 1/10th sometime in the last millennium!

Do keep up with the language or you'll wind up as far behind as FK 

[FierceKitty]

From a man (courtesy title) who hasn't learned to put a full stop at the end of his sentences. Hmmmm.

BTW, I was pleased to note that the Doctor's nemesis ordered the decimation of the human race with due respect to history, lexis, and arithmetic.

[getagrip]

From a man (courtesy title) who hasn't learned to put a full stop at the end of his sentences. Hmmmm.

BTW, I was pleased to note that the Doctor's nemesis ordered the decimation of the human race with due respect to history, lexis, and arithmetic.

From a man who uses a superfluous comma before his conjunction.   

[FierceKitty]

Only decent thing Oxford has done since the ECW.

[getagrip]

Only decent thing Oxford has done since the ECW.

Touche!

[cameronian]

From a man who uses a superfluous comma before his conjunction.   

Would you describe BTW as a conjunction? I would have said its a prepositional phrase, anyhow it shouldn't be used to start a sentence but to introduce a new, less important topic 

[mollinary]

Would you describe BTW as a conjunction? I would have said its a prepositional phrase, anyhow it shouldn't be used to start a sentence but to introduce a new, less important topic 

Cam, I think he is talking about the comma before "and arithmetic."  There is no comma before BTW.

Mollinary

[getagrip]

Cam, I think he is talking about the comma before "and arithmetic."  There is no comma before BTW.

Mollinary

I thank you.

[Fenton]

Whats this full stop thing your all talking about?

[cameronian]

Cam, I think he is talking about the comma before "and arithmetic."  There is no comma before BTW.

Mollinary

Yes you're right, got mixed up with before and after ... 

[getagrip]

Yes you're right, got mixed up with before and after ... 

It's and easy mistake make to.

[fsn]

Whats this full stop thing your all talking about?

Sounds like my early love life. My girlfriends would often shout "Fool! Stop!".