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    Posted: 20-Apr-2007 at 15:13
Yes, i have yet to read it as well, the book club books are keeping my mighty busy Smile. 

Anyone else have any recommendations? 
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Have you guys read Scarrow's book yet? I've been trying to keep patient in not constantly asking, but I see you guys went through the book club books already!Big%20smile
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Posts: 482 		  Quote kilroy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-May-2007 at 19:04
Originally posted by SearchAndDestroy

Have you guys read Scarrow's book yet? I've been trying to keep patient in not constantly asking, but I see you guys went through the book club books already!Big%20smile


I actually haven't read it yet Embarrassed.  I got bit by the medieval bug and am currently devouring anything related to the middle ages.

Rest assured, i will get to it soon. 
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The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, 2 volumes, by Robert Asprey was rather good. 
Paris 1919: 6 months that changed the world by margaret macmillian was very informative.
I'll recommend those two and call it a day or I'll end up quoting every history book I own (300+ if I'm not mistaken).
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Kilroy I recommend that you read The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. One of the best books I've read by the (living) science fiction legend combining history, science, technology, vision etc... Thanks for the welcome comment  a while back by the way.  Embarrassed

Also another interesting book I read a not too long ago is Weird History 101 offering a different perspective on many important historical events, it will make you laugh ( probably cynically) many times over.

Another book I really liked, but unfortunately I lost without having finished it, is Heimskringla:The Lives of the Norse Kings by Snorre Sturlason. This is probably my all-time favorite because there you have a whole recorded history from the mythical Odin to the historically proven late kings of Norway and very cold hard details on the brutality of those days. Really makes you realize how our view of life is vastly different from that in Snorri's days...


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The Belisarius Series, by Eric Flint. Wonderful alternate-history fiction.
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