Centurion-Macro 3 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 I am currently reading Comrades: Communism, a world history. It is extremely interesting, but very deep. I think I will go back to fiction for a bit after I finish it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aurelia 35 Report post Posted September 4, 2010 (edited) I Edited September 4, 2010 by Aurelia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ursus 6 Report post Posted September 4, 2010 I just read The Prose Edda and The Poetic Edda of Norse Mythology. I am moving on now to the sagas of Iceland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artimi 10 Report post Posted September 5, 2010 who was it at this forum that posted about Kindle for the PC????? I downloaded it I think last weekend. I now have 5 books to read!!!! I am now reading Antonina by Wilkie Collins and No Roads Lead to Rome By Gompertz, one of our very own. It was so nice to find all 4 books in the She series of H Rider Haggard. I have never over the many years been able to find book 3 and 4. Thank you:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 95 Report post Posted September 5, 2010 who was it at this forum that posted about Kindle for the PC????? Thank you:) ...that would be me cheers viggen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artimi 10 Report post Posted September 5, 2010 who was it at this forum that posted about Kindle for the PC????? Thank you:) ...that would be me cheers viggen and it is now 6 books... (or maybe 9, does the 4 book series of She count as one book or four?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ImperialQueen Report post Posted September 5, 2010 Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic- Tom Holland Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artimi 10 Report post Posted September 9, 2010 I just finished - No Roads Lead to Rome.. via Kindle for the PC> I swear it read like a combination of the following movies: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Mouse (from Ladyhawk) conversational way and the Keystone Cops. It was a nice break from reading Antonina by Wilkie Collins, which is a such a serious book and written mid 1800's. (and it was a free Kindle for PC book).. So far I much prefer and actual book with pages you can turn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DecimusCaesar 1 Report post Posted September 15, 2010 I read Julius Caesar by Nic Fields. it's a very short analysis of Caesar the general rather than Caesar the man/politician (although it does cover that briefly too). Really nice pics by Peter Dennis too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostOfClayton 25 Report post Posted October 18, 2010 I got about a third of the way through 'Caesar: The Life of a Colossus' by Adrian Goldsworthy (see this link). To be honest, it's quite a dry work, heavy on fact, but light on readability, and I found that i wasn't really enjoying it. I decided to take a break and come back to it later, and so in the meantime I started on Richard Herring's 'How Not To Grow Up'. The irony wasn't lost on me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k08el01 0 Report post Posted October 18, 2010 I'm currently skipping between Kyle's Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World, and Wickham's Inheritance of Rome (along with all of my school reading) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Melvadius 4 Report post Posted October 19, 2010 Well as my review probably gives away I recently finished Andrew Riches Arrows of Fury: Empire Volume Two which, like the first volume, I enjoyed. It was a real pleasure to see that some of the initially doubtful historical aspects have been resolved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artimi 10 Report post Posted November 7, 2010 I just got the last book in Fourth Realm Trilogy by John Twelve Hawks. I have reread The Traveler and am now rereading The Dark Road. It has been a few years since I read these books and they still are very thought provoking. The last book in the series is The Golden City... ----- Please please make it have at least some rays of light. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ursus 6 Report post Posted November 9, 2010 In the little spare time I have, I have been trying to read Egil's saga, which is an Icelandic Saga from the Viking Age. it is .. interesting. A nice prose epic centering around good ol' Heathen virtues of wealth, fame and family. I may read the other Icelandic saga but at the rate I am going it is going to take months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonic 42 Report post Posted November 9, 2010 The Great Fire of Rome by Dando-Collins. Hopefully, the review will follow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites