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2021 History books / material recommendations

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  • 23-12-2021 1:55pm
    #1
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Another year, another informal poll asking what was your favourite Historical related book ( in any format) read in the past 12 months?


    Non-fiction:

    Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine By: Barry Strauss

    Hexagone. Sur les routes de l'Histoire de France By Lorànt Deutsch


    and in fiction,

    Robert Harris' Cicero Trilogy on Audio-book format.



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    Ledger Cool Sepia
    Posts: 13,688 ✭ Ledger Cool Sepia


    I thoroughly enjoyed both

    Born in Blackness by Howard W. French

    and

    The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau



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    Mick Tator
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Mick Tator


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058224101/2021-history-books-material-recommendations

    I haven’t dipped into French writers for a while. Last time was a foray into Maurice Druon (only so-so).Does O’Brian’s ‘Maitre à Bord’ count? Heard of L’Hexagone, but a history book écrit par un comédien?  En plus, la France deviendra “l’hexagon” vers la fin du 19 Ième siècle (grosso modo). Comme ils dissent dans le Michelin, il vraimentvaut le détour/lecture?

    This site is really awful. totally unintuitive, impossible to edit, etc. Smell the coffee Boards Admins!!!!



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    Mick Tator
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Mick Tator





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