Queue jumpers! On Sunday, I ordered Uniforms of the American Revolution by Mollo/McGregor and Uniforms of the Armies in the War of the American Revolution by Charles Lefferts ... both on RtL's recommendation (though I've seen the Mollo/McGregor book previously and all I needed was a little shove). I will soon be among the poor house's best read residents on the topic of the American Revolution.

Nothing wargames orientated, but have just finished Alexandria by Lyndsey Davis. Another wonderful whodunnit set in the Roman Empire. Cracking stuff, and as a fellow freelancer, I feel the heroes' pain about trying to make a living.....

Just finishing LLoyd's "Military Rhapsody" on the defences against an invasion by the French, and this'll be followed up by (another) LLoyd's "The French are Coming - The Invasion Scare of 1803-5". Hopefully by the time I've finished those "The Invasion Scare of 1801 - plans for the defence of Northumberland against the French" will also have arrived and I can get on with that. Anyone spot a pattern?!? :hmm: :lol:

How's that bunker coming? Here's a construction tip: do not use blocks of cheese to build your walls -- it only attracts them. And definitely do not stucco the exterior with brie.

One of the wholesellers had a rather decent Brie on special only 50 cents for a small one, I could sample some before buying. To my big surprise it was made in Bavaria! Naturally they callid id cremiger weichKäse or so, but it was darn good mild Brie. And I dislike the Bavarians at least as much as Walloons, so it was very hard to admit this.

Currently reading 3 books. Warsaw 1920 - bloody awesome The Bell in the Fog - Edwardian Ghost Stories The Death of Socrates - Research for a novel

Oo! Warsaw 1920 I want! Not out in Canada yet wouldya believe?

Either you know me too well, OR you are being rather presumptious. :blah: Na. Do not kill Niederländer. They are O.K.

I reserve the right to change that statement if one comes at me with a weapon of any sort.

Reading a pile of Osprey WW1 titles. A Sharpe novel in the hope it might get me back into Naps and bits of the most recent Lardy Special.

"A family history of the Hohenzollerns", only being in German, and German being SOOO poetic, it is called "Hohenzollern". I do not know how objective it is though, considering it is by Eullenberg, whos family had their nose put out of joint in the fight for succession at some point in the history. It may be acurate, it MAY be revenge. Who knows?

The Book of Contemplation by Usama Ibn Munqidh. It's a new translation by Paul Cobb (Penguin Classics 2008), the last translation was in the 1920s. Usama was born a Syrian noble in the year that Pope Urban II first preached Crusade and died at the age of 93, a senior advisor to Saladin a year after he had captured Jerusalem . We derive a lot of what we understand of the Arab view of the Crusades from Usama's writings and it is a surpisingly easy read, packed with little details of warfare, hunting, politics, assasination and life in general.

Just read Panzer Gunner (Review to follow when I have a tick Rich B!) & have just started The White War which looks to be a cracker.