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Gungnir- 10-02-2009
The Bloody Road to Berlin.
Yes, Candy wants us to go to Berlin for son's concert in November, but I'll have to rent winter tyres, they're mandatory over there. €150 for ten days!
Etranger- 10-03-2009
Croziats "Vietnam Riverine Warfare" is the current bedtime reading, along with a whole heap of hobby magazines. Oh, & HP Lovecraft for a bit of light relief.....
MikP- 10-03-2009
If it doesn't arrive then I'll re-read Corrigan's Mud, Blood and Poppycock.
Well it didn't, but I realised I hadn't read Peter Simkin's Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies; 1914-16, so I bumped that up the reading pile!
And so far, so good!
Big Dave- 10-03-2009
If it doesn't arrive then I'll re-read Corrigan's Mud, Blood and Poppycock.
Well it didn't, but I realised I hadn't read Peter Simkin's Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies; 1914-16, so I bumped that up the reading pile!
And so far, so good!
Corrigans book is excellent, have youe tried any of John Terraines books?
Richard B.- 10-03-2009
Oh, & HP Lovecraft for a bit of light relief.....
I was/am a huge HP Lovecraft fan, among my collection I have dozens of pamphlets and writings by his circle of friends, poems, short essays, etc. the guy was just so interesting. I was totally absorbed for yrs with his writings and mythology.
I`m hopeing my eldest (who reads an astounding amount) will discover him soon, so we have something to share :)
Peewee- 10-03-2009
This month I have mostly been reading...
Naples '44, by Norman Lewis - Diary of of his time as a field security man in Naples. Would be pretty depressing if it wasn't for his sense of humour and perspective.
Rome '44, by Raleigh Trevelyan - Narrative history of Anzio and the liberation of Rome from a bloke who was there. Interesting for it's detail in what was happening in and around Rome and the Vatican.
Armageddon, by Max Hastings - The story of the last year of the war in Europe. Quite simply a classic.
Storm of War, by Andrw Roberts - The recently published single volume account of WW2. A flawed but brave and generally sound attempt.
Second World War Carrier Campaigns, by David Wragg - Quite well done but far too brief.
Sting of the Scorpion, by Mike Morgan - History of the LRDG through to the close of WW2. More of an oral history than a standard history and therefore full of brilliant little vignettes. Very good.
And or course the obligatory shitload of Ospreys...
Etranger- 10-03-2009
Oh, & HP Lovecraft for a bit of light relief.....
I was/am a huge HP Lovecraft fan, among my collection I have dozens of pamphlets and writings by his circle of friends, poems, short essays, etc. the guy was just so interesting. I was totally absorbed for yrs with his writings and mythology.
I`m hopeing my eldest (who reads an astounding amount) will discover him soon, so we have something to share :)
No pentagrams around the beds in the guestrooms I trust Rich? :hi:
Prince of Darkness- 10-03-2009
Hastings' "Armageddon" is an excellent book. I like that Hastings is not shy of voicing his own opinions, which are always well argued even when one doesn't agree with them (such as his assault on Bomber Command).
Theo- 10-03-2009
I adore Lovecraft as well!!! (mind you not the porn store at the entry of Leicester square!! ROFL).
The writing is so artful!! Brilliant!
valleyboy- 10-03-2009
I read Armaggeddon a few months back and enjoyed it
Was looking for a WW1 introduction while browsing in bookshops in auckland on the w/e, what I ended up getting though was "The Indian Mutiny " bu Julian Spilsbury - Bloody Jon Suth and his mesemerising IM figures :grr: :grr: :grr: :D
MikP- 10-04-2009
Corrigans book is excellent, have youe tried any of John Terraines books?
I have - The White Heat and The Smoke and the Fire.
Also like Gary Sheffield's stuff too.
Peewee- 10-04-2009
Some great books on the Indian Mutiny (just to annoy VB)...
A Season in Hell, by Michael Edwardes - Blow by blow account of the defence of Lucknow. Great maps, and even diagrams of the defences.
Our Bones are Scattered, by Andrew Ward - Events in and around Cawnpore. A classic. Only for those with a strong stomach.
The Last Mughal, by William Dalrymple - Ostensibly a biography of Bahadur Shah but cover events in and around Delhi in some detail.
levied troop- 10-04-2009
and also on the Mutiny, first hand accounts still available like:
The Indian Mutiny - Col. G B Malleson
The Story of Cawnpore - Captain Mowbray Thomson
both excellent reads.
Ronan the Librarian- 10-05-2009
A Season in Hell, by Michael Edwardes - Blow by blow account of the defence of Lucknow. Great maps, and even diagrams of the defences.
One of the first military history books I ever bought for myself (aged about 9 or 10) was Michael Edwardes "Battles of the Indian Mutiny" in the Pan Books "British Battles" series. Got "Battles of the Crimean War" by W Baring-Pemberton, and one on Cambrai (sadly no longer in my library as it fell to bits) at the same time.
Tardis- 10-05-2009
I may have just managed a deal with Pen & Sword
(need rubbing hands emoticon)
So my reading list might just be slightly more elongated :)
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