What are you reading? - History Forum ~ All Empires

Actually it is audio but I am listening to
"Baudolino" by Umberto ECO in cassete or I will tonight. Has anyone read the book?
It takes place during and just after the Fourth Crusade in 1204 AD and it is in the words of Tony the Tiger, GREAT!!!

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i have started to read this book at christmas

I recently finished a second reading on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Currently, I plan to begin Niccolo Machiavelli's Art of War for the first time. I am very excited about this read!

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"-George Washington
"The art of war is, in the last result, the art of keeping one's freedom of action."-Xenophon

Originally posted by Mosquito

Right now im reading the book of Andrzej Sapkowski "Bozy wojownicy" (can translate it into english as "Gods wariors" or "Divine Wariors"). It is a second book of story after "Narenturm".

Authour is quite famous in Poland as a fantasy wirtter but his books Narrenturm and God's Wariors are very different than his other books.

At the first look the book seems to be a historic novel. Action takes place in the 15th century during hussite wars. The historic backrground is really good and i didnt find any mistakes so far. But well, its hard to say that it is historic book because it has its second bottom. Medieval ages were famous for burning witches and wizzards and in these books they really exists. So in the completelly historical world we find a group of people who are usually the professors or students of medieval european universities but are in the same time they are secretelly practicing magic and alchemy and often they can be found behind the real historical events and battles. Right now iv read 1/5 of the book and find it really interesting. The Pope called crusade against Czech heretics under the command of Henri de Beaufort which invaded Bohemia and was cut on pieces by the hussite army. Really interesting story.

Yes, the Hussites were a very interesting people. Peasants and farmers hiding in wagons using any weapon available to slaughter armies much bigger than them.

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Those Crazy Turks

It's telling about Turkish Indepence War and creating of Turkey.

I've just bought a book called Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916 about the leaders of the IRA at the time. Of course, it talks about Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera, but it really goes into detail about all that happened during that time.

Also, I'm reading Beowulf for the first time, and I really want to pick up Machiavelli's The Prince.

Diversity is what makes the world beautiful.

I'm also really curious to read some Greek philosophy and predictions--Socrates and Nostradomas (sp?) really interest me.

Diversity is what makes the world beautiful.

i`ve read Baudolino a few years ago (2 i think) i found it horrible.Was absolutly not my taste for a novel. Too much fiction for a history novel and too much history for a fiction novel.

i`m reading "sun tzu art of war" and studying his strategies in sense of today

I was thinking of beginning The Art of War (Machiavelli), but decided to read Robert Louis Stevenson's, "Strange Case of Dr.Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde." I will be finished with this book in a couple of days, it has been great so far.

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"-George Washington
"The art of war is, in the last result, the art of keeping one's freedom of action."-Xenophon

Currently reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Platos' Republic and Genghis Khan Conqueror of the World by Leo De Hartog.

"War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."--Thomas Mann