tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post5960581094559515301..comments2024-03-22T08:23:38.715+00:00Comments on Trouble At T’Mill - a wargaming blog: Some light reading...Mike Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-39532025740524353042014-05-26T09:32:04.942+01:002014-05-26T09:32:04.942+01:00I din't like the Iggulden book. I seem to reca...I din't like the Iggulden book. I seem to recall reading one of his Roman ones and Julius Caesar, or somebody, pulls out a telescope.<br />I keep trying his books but I find the plots thin and the history weak.<br />I am reading Robert Low's Anglo Scot wars series and have just finished Master of War by David Gilman which I thought excellent.nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552663142940856622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-24366758870156543732014-05-25T18:30:35.871+01:002014-05-25T18:30:35.871+01:00Reading stormbird at the moment. Very enjoyable. N...Reading stormbird at the moment. Very enjoyable. Now just to pop over to the perrys website and buy some plastics....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777959737066123467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-37234005843114967792014-05-25T05:15:53.787+01:002014-05-25T05:15:53.787+01:00I have just finished Catastrophe and found it very...I have just finished Catastrophe and found it very good, bogged down a bit in the middle, but really worth reading. Coming from the 'colonies' I found that it was a real education, Most of my previous knowledge was around the Australian battles.<br /><br />I picked up stormbird myself the other day and am just about to start itTreadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139928557924975730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-85209382840391639342014-05-25T00:30:41.602+01:002014-05-25T00:30:41.602+01:00I think 'Catastrophe' and 'War by Time...I think 'Catastrophe' and 'War by Timetable' are both very good, but with different approaches and styles (obviously!). That's an unfashionable thing to say because Taylor is considered to be dated nowadays and Hastings appears to be hated by anyone with a more advanced history qualification than GCSE. However, they're both very well written and surprisingly easy reads for such an apparently daunting subject. Anyone ought to be able to form an opinion about the causes/start of WWI after reading these.<br />I've also got my eye on 'The Sleepwalkers' by Christopher Clark, but, at 700+ pages, do I want to add to my tsundoku habit?GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.com