#Ancientsathon 2021! discussion

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Prompts > Read a piece of nonfiction

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message 1: by Jenny (new)

Jenny (drowninginhistory) | 5 comments Mod
Nonfiction written prior to 1700 is really interesting and can be completely different from the modern nonfiction we are typically used to. What is a piece of classical nonfiction that is on your TBR?


message 2: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 5 comments Over the last few years I have been slowly making my way through the list of histories in The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer. I plan to start The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by the Venerable Bede in June.


message 3: by Gabe (new)

Gabe Wolfe (gabewolfe) | 5 comments Lives of the Artists, Giorgio Vasari.


message 4: by Lana (new)

Lana | 7 comments I didn't think I'll be doing all the prompts, but I couldn't help myself. I had to make a TBR because I love the idea of this readathon.
For this prompt I'm reading 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu. I always thought it was a huge book and I kept avoiding it, until I realised that my copy is the annotated version and the text itself wasn't long at all. I wasn't intimidated only by the length, though. It's not something I'd normally be interested in, but I'll try it for this readathon.


message 5: by David (new)

David Wiley | 5 comments I'm not sure yet what I'll read here, although it seems likely that it will be an attempt to continue reading The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle!


message 6: by Fran (new)

Fran im going for Revelations of Divine Love (also using it for the women prompt cuz i read slow)


message 7: by Kristin (new)

Kristin Klaus | 5 comments I will be taking the non-fiction part loosely here and will be reading "The Travels of Marco Polo" .


message 8: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca | 2 comments I think I’ll just keep plugging away at The Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides for this one.


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