The History Book Club discussion

Welcome Gwen to The History Book Club. We're glad that you have joined us! We have a variety of folders which may interest you.

Take a look at the list of our threads and join in a discussion:

History Book Club Discussion Threads

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by David McCullough

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Teri
Assisting Moderator (T) HF/Cur. Evts/Mid East/Religions/US

Welcome Everybody - glad to have all of you as members of the History Book Club.

Welcome to our new members Empress, Rita, Jill, Jazmin, and Scott. We hope you'll enjoy your time here. Looking forward to seeing you in some discussions.

Bentley wrote: "This is a thread where you can introduce yourself to the group. This is one of our rules and guidelines.

Please introduce yourself here so we can welcome you. Tell us a little bit about yoursel..."

I'm Karen. I live in the UK. I work as an Archaeologist. My main areas of historical interest are the Ancient Near East,Ancient Egypt,Rome,the Crusades,Sixteen century Europe,the fall of the Romanovs and the end of the Habsburg Empire.

At the moment I'm reading "the chemical choir"-a history of alchemy and David Maland's C16th Europe.

Welcome to all our new members, namely Empress, Rita, Jill, Jazmin, and Scott. I hope you might feel well here discussing and reading with us. If you have any questions, just ask for the moderator's help.

I am J.D. Brayton. My interest in history is wide ranging. My particular focus is on the American Revolution, the Civil War, British military history(esp. involving 18-19th century India); and honestly - nearly anything in between. I have just completed Unger's biography 'Lafayette'. Simply incredible!

Welcome Karen to The History Book Club. I imagine your job is fascinating. Literally uncovering history has to be exciting and rewarding.

I hope that we can help you uncover some history here at The History Book Club. We have a variety of folders which may interest you. Based upon your post - here is one that you may want to look at:

Ancient Near East

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Stacy Schiff
by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart (no photo)
by David Maland (no photo)

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Teri
Assisting Moderator (T) HF/Cur. Evts/Mid East/Religions/US

Welcome J.D. to The History Book Club. You'll find that you are among good company, as many of us here have a wide range of historical interest. We have a wide variety of folders which may interest you.

Based upon your post - here is one that you may want to look at:

American Civil War

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Jean Edward Smith
by Harlow Giles Unger (no photo)

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Teri
Assisting Moderator (T) HF/Cur. Evts/Mid East/Religions/US

Welcome JD and Karen.....this is such a fun place to expand your love of history. Questions?....ask any of us moderators. We are here to help you.

Hi Shelley, Irish roots by any chance ?

Hi, everyone. My name is Linda. I have a passion for English history. I love biographies of British nobility and royalty, too.

Hello All, I'm Dimitri from Belgium. History was my passion from a young age, growing into a Master degree. I mostly read military history, but am also peculiar about classical Antiquity, Iran, Romania and Tudor England.

Welcome Gwen, Karen, and J.D. Glad you joined us.

Welcome, Linda. Glad you could join us. We have a topic on British history

British Monarchy

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by Robert A. Caro

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Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

Hello Dimitri. We have a topic on the classic antiquity period:

Classic Antiquity

There are also many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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by Robert A. Caro

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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

Hello all,
I'm Michael and I live in Brooklyn, NY.
I'm interested in history, because it gives an understanding as to why we are as we are. I find some history books more entertaining than fiction.

So glad you joined us Linda,Gwen and Dimitri. There is much here to see and do and we look forward to your participation.

I love history...but I'm not a biography girl....I just love the action and "adventure" that is our past..

Welcome Catie to The History Book Club. We are an action and adventure kind of group! You'll find plenty of it here. We have a variety of folders which may interest you.

To get you started you may want to look at our home page and peruse the many discussion topics that we have:

The History Book Club

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Patrick O'Brian

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Teri
Assisting Moderator (T) HF/Cur. Evts/Mid East/Religions/US

Thanks Teri - just saw your assistance for Catie.

Hello, Michael! You have come to the right place for History lovers. Please, check our main page to find books on your favorite areas:

History Book Club's main page

You might also be interested in our current discussion of Eisenhower in War and Peace and Cleopatra: A Life:

Discussion about Eisenhower in War and Peace

Discussion about Cleopatra: A Life

Check out our folders as well if you want to search for any specific topic and discuss it with our fellow members. Feel free to contact any one of our assisting moderators for any assistance you might need. We are all here to help.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Jean Edward Smith

by Stacy Schiff

by Toby A.H. Wilkinson (no photo)

More information

Take a few moments to read the orientation

Our guidelines

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask one of the moderators. We look forward to reading your contributions - this is really a site for those who love history.


José
Assisting Moderator (T) - Ancient and Medieval History

Welcome to our newest members: Linda, Dimitri, Michael, Shelly. So glad you joined us. Jump right into any discussions that interest you. Looking forward to reading your posts.

A warm welcome to our new members. You will have lots of fun here with all of us history lovers. Questions?....ask any moderator.

Hi, I'm Nicci, from the very historic county of Kent, England, though born and raised in London. I have a degree in history; love reading biography and social history; and, more recently, historical novels. Today, I finished Wolf Hall. I've had it on my shelf for years and only picked it up after seeing the recent tv series. What took me so long?!

John wrote: "Nicci, also check out the Tudor History Lovers Group. Think you'll like it."

Hi John, thanks for the suggestion. In fact, I joined that group earlier, as well as this one!

Hi, my name is Alvaro, I'm from Cuba and I love reading. My interest in history is very very broad, from ancient history to contemporary topics, from the history of civilizations to the history of the Earth. I'm just a history lover trying to grasp past times, I always want to know how it was and why.
Recently I've been intrigued by the daily life in the WWII in Europe particularly in Germany, and about the WWI in general. Any suggestions?
Last book read: by Jared Diamond.
Currently reading: by Bill Bryson
Probably next: by Charles C. Mann
I hope to enjoy history even more!

My name is Denise. Please call me De. I live in the US near Chicago though I grew up outside Baltimore. I am a Sr. Instructional Designer. While I read many different genres, I love to learn about cultures through their history. Then to read historical fiction placed in those times to get more of a flavor, a context that strictly non fiction accounts can't give as well. I am especially interested in the British Isles and in Ancient Cultures. Political history as well, both in the US and other places.

I look forward to participating :)

Thanks

Welcome to The History Book Club, Shelly! We're very happy to have you and I'd imagine your career as a CIA officer will give you a really interesting and valuable perspective. Based on your interests, you may want to start by taking a look at

The Presidential Series

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you as well.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/287892

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/185141

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/540992

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask one of our moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Katie
Admin (T), Medieval History and Ancient History

Welcome to The History Book Club, Nicci. Wolf Hall is wonderful! It's made me want to get more into historical fiction as well. I'm looking forward to checking out the miniseries.

Based on your interests, you may want to start getting comfortable here by taking a look at:

Historical Fiction

British History

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you as well.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

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by Hilary Mantel

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/287892

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/185141

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/540992

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask one of our moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Katie
Admin (T), Medieval History and Ancient History

So glad you joined us Shelly and Nicci. Katie gave you a good starting point and we hope you will join right in the discussions/book recommendations. Enjoy!

Hello all, my name is Jani and I'm 41 years old man from Finland (currently living in Southern Sweden). I have been interested in history for all my life and I also took some classes in history while I was in college. I'm working as an engineer, but when I'm reading I spend most of that time reading about modern history.

At the moment I'm focusing on American Civil War, which I'm not so familiar with, and on World War I.

Bob Krenzel here! I am an avid reader of history, especially military history. Having traveled quite a bit in the Army, I love studying the history of places I have visited or am about to visit. There is nothing quite like reading about a battle, and then walking the ground and seeing where history happened!

Hi. I'm Lynden and I'm a 16 year old high school student with a passion for history. I am super interested in reading and discussing history and history books with knowledgeable and interesting people. Not a lot of my friends are eager to chat about such things, so i'm glad to have the chance to do that in this group :)

Welcome Michael, Shelly, Catie, and Nicci. Glad you joined us.

Hi. So glad to have found this group for the book suggestions alone. I am no kind of scholar. Just enjoy reading history, mainly western European and Asian. Will mainly lurk.

Hi! I am Amr from Alexandria, Egypt and i am interested in reading history books, specially military history. This is the first group i join and i wish it to be a pleasant experience.

Hi! I'm Patty. I'm a retired programmer from Intel Corp. I lived in California most of my adult life. I recently moved to Colorado to escape what was happening politically in CA. I first became interested in politics after I left Intel because I was interested in what was happening with taxes and politics in California. To understand politics, you really need to understand history. Having never been interested in history when I was in school, I was surprised to find out that I'm now very interested in all history from all around the world, from all centuries. I was interested in starting my own book club to help educate people in history & politics until I found your book club. I reviewed the current books on your list & decided to start with "On Politics". Thanks for moderating this book club!

Jani wrote: "Hello all, my name is Jani and I'm 41 years old man from Finland (currently living in Southern Sweden). I have been interested in history for all my life and I also took some classes in history whi..."

Jani - Nice to meet you and welcome to the club. With your interest in American Civil War here are a few book recommendations:

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (About Lincoln, his political genius in crafting his cabinet and leading the country through the Civil War)

Crucible of Command by William C. Davis (A parallel look at the country's two greatest generals during the war, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, from birth through the end of the war, how their lives were similar and dissimilar)

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (As the title states, this is the story of the hunt for Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth)

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly (O'Reilly takes an unconventional approach to the telling of Lincoln's assassination, it is like reading history and a novel all at once).

I hope you try one of the above and if you do, let us know what you think.

Charles

Hi! I'm Cony, 31, from Chile. I have a degree in philosophy and I've always been interested in history as well. Now I'm finishing my master, and I'm looking forward to that moment when I'm done, so I can dedicate more time to my other interests. I'm also a mom, a teacher, and an avid reader.

Hi all, I am delighted to be among other history lovers on this site. I teach and obligations prevent me from "free reading" until June, but then I intend to join in the reading and the conversation. WWII and Eastern European history have consumed me the last five years but as time permits, I want to expand my scopel For now, I'm really enjoying the comments on the site.

Best, Rita

Welcome Rita to The History Book Club. The beauty of our group is that we're always here and there are always conversations to jump into. We'll be looking forward to more time with you in June!

We have a variety of folders which may interest you. Based upon your post - here is one that you may want to look at:

The Second World War

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Robert M. Edsel

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Teri
Assisting Moderator (T) HF/Cur. Evts/Mid East/Religions/US

Hi I'm Judy Ridgley and I love ancient history

A special welcome to Alvaro. You have so many interests! You have come to the right place for History lovers.

Since you have such a great interest in Ancient History and the World Wars - we would like to recommend our Geology thread and the following folders:

Ancient History

The First World War

The Second World War

Geology

You might also be interested in our current discussions of Eisenhower in War and Peace and Cleopatra: A Life:

Discussion about Eisenhower in War and Peace

Discussion about Cleopatra: A Life

Check out our folders as well if you want to search for any specific topic and discuss it with our fellow members. Feel free to contact any one of our assisting moderators for any assistance you might need. We are all here to help.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

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by Toby A.H. Wilkinson (no photo)

by Philip Freeman

by Adrian Goldsworthy

by Toby A.H. Wilkinson (no photo)

by Charles C. Mann

by Martin Gilbert

by Eleanor Lang (no photo)

by Götz Aly

by Robert G. Moeller (no photo)

by Jared Diamond

by Bill Bryson

More information

Take a few moments to read the orientation

Our guidelines

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask one of the moderators. We look forward to reading your contributions - this is really a site for those who love history.


José
Assisting Moderator (T) - Ancient and Medieval History

Welcome, Pat. Glad you could join us. We have a topic on China.

China

There are also many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

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by Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

Hello Amr. Glad you could join us. We have many military history topics.

Military History

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Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books should look:

by Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

Hi Patty, I love political history myself. We have a topic on American government:

American Government

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Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books should look:

by Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

Welcome, Cony. I have a BA in philosophy and we have a topic on philosophy and politics

Philosophy and Politics

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Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

Welcome, Judy. We have a topic on Ancient History

Ancient History

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Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how books should look:

by Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bryan
Assistant Moderator
Presidential Series

i am mark live in Oklahoma. chess and math are to hard for me so i read history.

Hi Mark. We are glad to welcome you to the place for the history lover. In order to expand your experience, let me suggest that you visit our Home Page and find the topics that are of interest to you.

Home Page

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Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment box). It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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by Jon Meacham

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Jill
Assisting Moderator
Military Hist L/Global NF/Eur/Brit/Music.