What are you currently reading ?

[JeffNNN]

Just started "The Ottoman Endgame" by Sean McMeekin, essentially the history of Turkey up to and through WWI.

Will be interested in your view of this. I've recently bought but not yet started Rogan's book covering the same period.

[cameronian]

France at Bay - Douglas Fermer, volume II of his FPW study.

[Matt J]

Max Hastings the Korean war. Cracking read while I watch the kids splash away in sunny umbria

[Matt J]

Great, me being smug about being on hols then the bloody place gets hit by an earthquake

[Leman]

Will be interested in your view of this. I've recently bought but not yet started Rogan's book covering the same period.

Will keep you posted Jeff.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great, me being smug about being on hols then the bloody place gets hit by an earthquake

Hope everyone is okay.

[Leman]

Yes indeed. It looked pretty grim on TV this morning. Even 50 miles away it was causing severe damage.

[Matt J]

We are in spoleto south of Perugia not far from epicentre it was a rough night something like 60 after shocks. The big one was something I d not like to experience again. Alot of shocked Italians round here 

[Steve J]

Glad to hear you are all safe.

[toxicpixie]

That sounds a bit overly exciting!

Glad to hear you're all safe, hope the rest of the area isn't too knocked about either.

[paulr]

Good to hear you are all safe, take care

[Leman]

Good grief, saw some footage on the TV this morning and the town near the epicentre was completely destroyed.

[cameronian]

'Flashman and the Tiger', one of GMcDF's last if not the last. Bloody awful, a pastiche of his earlier books, boring, repetitive, thin plot, yesterdays leftovers reheated, so disappointing.

[Leman]

Obviously needed to boost the pension.

[cameronian]

He's dead too