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Help me choose which book to read next

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So I had some extra money and splurged today. I bought a few books and now I have a dilemma: I can't figure out which one to read next. Can I get any opinions or suggestions?

 

Right now, I'm currently reading "Julius Caesar" by Philip Freeman.

 

The Books I purchased are:

 

Persian Fire by Tom Holland

Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox

A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich

On Sparta by Plutarch

The Spartans by Paul Cartledge

The Crusades: A History (second edition) by Jonathan Riley-Smith

The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton

 

Right now I'm leaning toward Persian Fire or A Short History of Byzantium. But I trust all of you and would like to know if anyone has read any of the above books. If so, what are your thoughts?

 

Thanks.

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Persian Fire is excellent. Nearly as good as Rubicon (and I was never even interested Greece!).

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The only book I've read from the list is Holland's, and I agree he is generally an excellent writer.

 

 

I've read Cartledge's book on Alexander the Great, and it was a great read ... so his Spartan treatment might be worth reading.

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