Best history books? - Page 2

wolf · 05-25-2007, 10:32 AM

Anything by Richard Rhodes. I love his The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Dark Sun is also good, and Masters of Death was well done.

theotherguy · 05-25-2007, 03:23 PM

Killer Angels. A history book with assumed conversations and relationships during the US Civil War. Too modern?

ThirstySoul · 05-25-2007, 04:02 PM

The Old Testament from the Bible - God

piercehawkeye45 · 05-25-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirstySoul

The Old Testament from the Bible - God

I wouldn't call that history...

wolf · 05-25-2007, 06:26 PM

I haven't decided if ThirstySoul is a real poster or a religious spammer.

So far, based on content, it's the latter.

Urbane Guerrilla · 05-27-2007, 02:38 AM

Where to start?!

Well, I've talked up Patrick O'Brian elsewhere. When a historical fiction series about the career of a Royal Navy captain fighting in the Napoleonic era in the years 1800-1815 gives such a sense of time and place that the reader gets the impression he could conn, navigate, and fight a sailing warship just from reading the series -- okay, with six weeks' hands-on experience added to freshen -- it's nothing but good! Master and Commander, The Thirteen Gun Salute, Desolation Island, The Mauritius Command, et cetera. Twenty novels. I've read about a dozen.

"It's called a dog watch because it's cur-tailed!"

Oh yeah: there's a cookbook. Everything from plum duff to sea-pie. Toasted cheese, too, I think...

Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which it's a Gastronomic Companion...

An old and rather witty classic, set in the same era but with an American hero who finds himself pursuing his girlfriend through the Haitian revolution against the French is Kenneth Roberts' Lydia Bailey.

"Dastards! That's practically the exact word for 'em! Only one letter wrong!"

05-25-2007, 10:32 AM	#16
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05-25-2007, 06:26 PM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I haven't decided if ThirstySoul is a real poster or a religious spammer. So far, based on content, it's the latter. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-27-2007, 02:38 AM	#21
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Where to start?! Well, I've talked up Patrick O'Brian elsewhere. When a historical fiction series about the career of a Royal Navy captain fighting in the Napoleonic era in the years 1800-1815 gives such a sense of time and place that the reader gets the impression he could conn, navigate, and fight a sailing warship just from reading the series -- okay, with six weeks' hands-on experience added to freshen -- it's nothing but good! Master and Commander, The Thirteen Gun Salute, Desolation Island, The Mauritius Command, et cetera. Twenty novels. I've read about a dozen. "It's called a dog watch because it's cur-tailed!" Oh yeah: there's a cookbook. Everything from plum duff to sea-pie. Toasted cheese, too, I think... Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which it's a Gastronomic Companion... An old and rather witty classic, set in the same era but with an American hero who finds himself pursuing his girlfriend through the Haitian revolution against the French is Kenneth Roberts' Lydia Bailey. "Dastards! That's practically the exact word for 'em! Only one letter wrong!" __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 05-27-2007 at 03:30 AM.

05-25-2007, 03:23 PM	#17
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	Killer Angels. A history book with assumed conversations and relationships during the US Civil War. Too modern?

05-25-2007, 04:02 PM	#18
ThirstySoul Refrigerate after opening Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 6	The Old Testament from the Bible - God

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