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You're very welcome A.L. :DIf you enjoy reading historical fiction books about the Hundred Years War here's the link to a list I created at Listopia.
Feel free to add any books that aren't already on the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Thanks, Laurie! That's a fun list! (The few I've read are already listed, so I can't add anything . . . yet.)
Thanks A.L., I'm glad you had a good time voting :D
I am looking for a good, factual book on the fall of Singapore. I was going to read Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore but the library doesn't have it and I am trying to keep from buying books for two months (fat chance!!). Any suggestions?
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Singapore Burning: Heroism And Surrender In World War II by Colin Smith
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The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II by Peter Thompson
Thanks, guys. I always trust your recommendation.
Keep the recommendations coming. I am searching all the libraries in the county and have yet to find the three books mentioned.
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(no cover)Singapore 1942: Britain's Greatest Defeat by Alan Warren
Descent Into Hell - The Fall of Singapore - Pudu and Changi - the Thai Burma Railway by Peter Brune
I've only read one book on the fall of Singapore, to my shame, and i can't remember what it was called. However I very much can recommend Middlebrook and Mahoney's
Battleship: The Loss Of The Prince Of Wales And The Repulse, which covers the famous naval action at the start of the campaign.
Just came across mention of Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places by Rebecca Rego Barry. Seems to be catalog of wow moments, but may offer some new venues for elusive books. Brought to mind John Dunning's Bookman series.My library is very successful at finding books through inter-library loan, at no cost to me and usually not to the libraries except for postage.
Has anyone read a good book about the 1683 Siege of Vienna?I was looking up a few. Aussie Rick, which of these did you like more?
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroftor
The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent by John Stoye
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'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I think out of those two I preferred Andrew Wheatcroft's book, although I read it some time back I think it was the more extensive account."Thanks, Aussie Rick!
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After reading The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China I got interested in Alexander the Great. Are there any good recommendations for a biography?
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I found this book to be a very good introduction to the subject, informative and very easy to read:
Alexander the Great by Philip FreemanThis is the latest book I read on Alexander the Great, also a pretty good account:
Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death by Anthony Everitt
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Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. by Peter Green
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The Genius of Alexander the Great by N.G.L. Hammond
Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman by N.G.L. Hammond
Alexander by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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Philip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
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The Life of Alexander the Great by Arrian
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
I’m looking for a book that delves into the events that led to the American Revolutionary War. I was hoping that Rick Atkinson would have touched on it, since he is writing 3 books about the war, but he did not. Any suggestions or knowledge of such books would be welcome! Thank you.
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff
1776 by David McCullough
I'm looking for a good informative book about the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Does anyone have a good recommendation?
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Two books off the top of my head:
The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East by Abraham Rabinovich
Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East by Uri Kaufman
Yes, i was looking that the Abraham Rabinovich book. I may go with that one.
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It's a pretty good account so I hope you find it as interesting as I did!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East (other topics)Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East (other topics)
1776 (other topics)
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (other topics)
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Uri Kaufman (other topics)Abraham Rabinovich (other topics)
David McCullough (other topics)
Robert Middlekauff (other topics)
Arrian (other topics)
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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
One of the best books I've read on this subject is,
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century