A Distant Mirror is fascinating. I enjoy most her discussions of culture, art and literature rather than politics or battles; there are far too many scheming characters I have to keep track of, and all their unpronounceable French names blend together after awhile. Very good book still, though. Have you read any of the Story of Civilization by Durant?
Kelby"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that might do you good."
--Aslan the Lion
----- Original Message ----- From: "A. J. Nolte" <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:46:09 -0600 (CST) Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Wishlist Request and a Question
Woe, do they have that one? I'll have to check it out.Guns of August was actually recommended in my grad intro to IR
class, and I
liked what I read of her book on the fourteenth century, A
Distant Mirror.
----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:34 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Wishlist Request and a Question
Barbara Tuchman is always a good place to start. She writes
well
researched extremely readable informative books. You cannot
understand The
First World War without knowing something about the twenty-five
years
which preceded the war. So you may want to start with Tuchman, Barbara W.The Proud Tower: A Portrait Of The World Before The War
1890-1914
At 10:13 AM 2/13/2009, you wrote:I'd like to request the following book. It is a sort of
follow-up to one
already in the collection.
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great
War by
Robert K. Massie
On a similar note. I've seen plenty of fantastic histories of
the second
World War on Bookshare. Can anyone recommend me some good
general works
on WWI, thou?
Kelby
"Oh Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourself from all that
might do
you good."
--Aslan the Lion
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