Never recovered from when I was 6 years old and someone told me Enid Blyton was a woman. Never read another one since.

Yes, the anzio book is pretty good

Another one I have on order. Amazon make great things out of the international book ordering service, and then can't get the ones I ask for. Maybe they were thinking more "Jean Plaidy" than Rossenbergs "Myth of the twentieth century". :hmm:

Just finished 'Redcoats on the River ' by Robert Dunkerly. If you enjoy the AWI in the South this is a must! This covers the war in Southeastern North Carolina. The chapters I particularlly enjoyed were those of the occupation of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear region in 1781 by Major James Craig of the 82nd. With a few figures you could have a most enjoyable small campaign. John

Hhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm I am not flush these days and book clubs are too expensive for me. However if any of you out there spot a Napoleonic book in your clubs letter then let me know as I would consider getting you to buy it on my behalf if that is ok? I will clearly pay for it and the postage.

This month I have mostly been reading... Anzio, by Lloyd Clark - About... err... Anzio. Pretty good. I see he's got a new one out on Arnhem too if anyone's stuck for a birthday present for me :) Memoires of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition, by Captain Joseph-Marie Moiret - Short and not very illuminating I'm afraid, but I got it cheap so I don't mind. The Discovery of Egypt: Vivant Denon's Travels with Napoleon's Army, by Terence Russell - Short like the previous book, but unlike the previous book it's fascinating. A Dragon Apparent, by Norman Lewis - A travelogue of Vietnam, the really interesting bit being that it was written in 1950. Avoids Hanoi and Tonkin unfortunately, but there's some really good stuff here by way of compensation. This is the same Norman Lewis that wrote Naples '44 by the way. Vietnam: A Political History, by Joseph Buttinger - An abridged version of his A Dragon Embattled 2 volume set (still comes in at over 500 pages though!). Lovely. Three Victories and a Defeat, by Brendan Simms - A reappraisal of Europes role in British Imperial strategy during the c18th. Also rather lovely. And also the obligatory shitload of Ospreys...

I used up my last bit of outstanding credit with Caliver books to obtain: The Blood Red Sand – superb Sudan book Michael Asher's Khartoum which is brilliant and Osprey Vanguard British Napoleonic Ship of the Line

I second Timmo on Asher's Khartoum book. It's not half bad.

I am currently reading Michael Asher's new one, its the first in a series about a WW2 commando, I forgot the name of it. I have also read his autobiograph of his time in the army, good stuff.

A Biography of von Ribbentrop. Called "von Ribbentrop", aren't we Germans SOOO imaginative in titling our books?

Tru. But ALSO typical of German books before....1980 or so, there is only a "Personregister". That is an index of people. So you can not look up, say who farted in the ball room unless you already know who the bean eater WAS. Which kind of defeats the object. It also explains the difference between the British and German university systems. Here you have to have READ the book. There you just have to know whats in the index of which books.

The history of the 36t (Ulster) Division in the Great War. And at moments of stress Big Jugs Monthly.

Don't know the title of the book I'm reading, but the piccies are pretty.

That is NOT very helpful Gungnir.