This Sceptered Isle is a superb read.

Luna Marine by Douglas Ian
Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie
A Frozen Hell: the Russo-Finn War by William Trotter
New issue of Wargames Illustrated

and 30 some other titles waiting for me on my Kindle.

Re-reading Game of Thrones - GRR Martin: Wars of the Roses with Dragons and a lot of dead people...

currently reading The Count Of Monte Cristo. A friend told me that I should read it so I'm 40 chapters into it at the moment and its been absolutly fantastic. Hard reading at some points but one of those books that is worth the work.

Reading Daughter of the Dragon, Battletech novel by Ilsa J. Bick. Rather good so far, but YMMV of things to do with giant stompy battling robots machines of death.

Greetings

Went to the library today and got out:

The Mons Star, Ascoli
Military Operations in France and Belgium 1914 vol 1, Edmonds
Mons (Battleground Europe), Horsfall
The Mons Myth, Zuber

- will also involve dipping into my own books:

Infantry Training, War Office
1914, Macdonald
Mons (Osprey), Lomas

Anyone see a trend :-) ?

Edward

Fiction - 'Goblet of Fire' JK Rowling
Non Fiction - 'Terrible Swift Sword' Bruce Caton

'Contented Little Baby' - Gina Ford

Wargames Mag - Battlegames over Miniature Wargames over Wargames Illustrated

Ben Waterhouse wrote

"Re-reading Game of Thrones - GRR Martin: Wars of the Roses with Dragons and a lot of dead people..."

Ben,

I found Game of Thrones a great book, exactley as you describe. I hear HBO have the rights and are filming it as we speak with Sean Bean in a lead role. Should be good!

THe three musketeers, Terry Pratchet's Going postal and also litsening to the lost world on my Ipod

Duffy's "Frederick the Great: A Military Life"

'Civil War' - Trevor Royle.

'Ancient Warfare' magazine.

T'net.

Right now: halfway through "Homage to Catalonia" [Orwell] again [first read this when I was 12] - and about to restart LotR

Quote from: nikharwood on 15 August 2010, 10:08:43 PM
"Homage to Catalonia" [Orwell] again

Brilliant book, puts the experience of war and revolution in and interesting perspective.

Still, "Down and Out in Paris and London" is really my favorite of his books.

Quote from: lentulus on 15 August 2010, 10:23:19 PM
Brilliant book, puts the experience of war and revolution in and interesting perspective.

Still, "Down and Out in Paris and London" is really my favorite of his books.

One of my all time favourite authors, The Road To Wigan Pier is well worth a read too

Road of Bones by Fergal Keane the story of the siege of Kohima and The Austro Prussian War by Geoffrey Wawro. I have already read this one but as i am into the 1866 war at the moment i though i would give it a re-read.