Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:30 pm
Yes Persian Fire is excellent.
Warrior of Rome "Fire inthe East" by Harry Sidebottom
Not bad so far
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:45 pm
I'm reading
Warrior of Rome "Fire inthe East" by Harry Sidebottom
Not bad so far
Warrior of Rome "Fire inthe East" by Harry Sidebottom
Not bad so far
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 10:20 pm
If you like Vikings ?
Then look out for "The Whale Road" by Robert Low, its a bit like Bernard Cornwall's Alfred the Great stories.
................very good.
Then look out for "The Whale Road" by Robert Low, its a bit like Bernard Cornwall's Alfred the Great stories.
................very good.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 2:52 am
What's the point in a pint of warm beer anyway?dave_r wrote:Well, I have just ordered Eagles in the Snow - £8.95 from Amazon. It had best be good or I will claim one free pint
Ian
Cross thread link to the eureka one...
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:10 pm
Having found it at salute I recently finished Muntaner's chronicle of the Catalan Company (translated I hasten to add).
Can be found here as well
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalan-Expedit ... 201&sr=8-2
Can be found here as well
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalan-Expedit ... 201&sr=8-2
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:46 pm
What is the point of cold tasteless beer?DaiSho wrote:What's the point in a pint of warm beer anyway?dave_r wrote:Well, I have just ordered Eagles in the Snow - £8.95 from Amazon. It had best be good or I will claim one free pint
Ian
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:10 am
None, but fortunately Australian beer isn't tasteless. It is cold though.rbodleyscott wrote:What is the point of cold tasteless beer?DaiSho wrote:What's the point in a pint of warm beer anyway?dave_r wrote:Well, I have just ordered Eagles in the Snow - £8.95 from Amazon. It had best be good or I will claim one free pint
Ian
Ian
Soldiers and Ghosts
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:24 pm
Excellent book on the evolution of the greek and roman infantry
Also ross cowans 2 new ospreys on the roman legionaries - v good
Fall of rome by peter heather - superb
Also ross cowans 2 new ospreys on the roman legionaries - v good
Fall of rome by peter heather - superb
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:03 pm
I want to claim my pint...Well, I have just ordered Eagles in the Snow - £8.95 from Amazon. It had best be good or I will claim one free pint Shocked
Whilst probably being a reasonable tale of how Romans acted and the plight of the empire as it reached it's end, as a book, it wasn't up to much. Didn't care for the characters and the ending was pants.
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:23 am
Historical non-fiction. Shouldn't the ending have been obvious Dave?dave_r wrote:I want to claim my pint...dave_r wrote:Well, I have just ordered Eagles in the Snow - £8.95 from Amazon. It had best be good or I will claim one free pint Shocked
Whilst probably being a reasonable tale of how Romans acted and the plight of the empire as it reached it's end, as a book, it wasn't up to much. Didn't care for the characters and the ending was pants.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:26 pm
I'm reading
Warrior of Rome "Fire inthe East" by Harry Sidebottom
Not bad so far
Bought that for a train journey yesterday. Read the first couple of chapters and found them a bit underwhelming to be honest, particularly coming from an Oxford Doc.
Warrior of Rome "Fire inthe East" by Harry Sidebottom
Not bad so far
Bought that for a train journey yesterday. Read the first couple of chapters and found them a bit underwhelming to be honest, particularly coming from an Oxford Doc.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:11 am
The Boudicca series by Manda Scott is very good. Not hugely military based but great characters and imaging of what it may have been like.
You will probably never want to play romans again though
You will probably never want to play romans again though
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:43 am
They all died except the commander who couldn't remember what happened, but miracurously survived because he got lost under the bodies? Obviously the Romans were going to loseHistorical non-fiction. Shouldn't the ending have been obvious Dave?
Yeah read some of them and I would second this choice. Good storyline at least. There was a large whiff of Lavender throughout though.The Boudicca series by Manda Scott is very good. Not hugely military based but great characters and imaging of what it may have been like.