Book Recommendation

[Scotsgirl]

oor willie or the broons ....classics!!

 

[Ardwick Green Park]

Think and grow rich - Napolean Hill. It changed my life forever.!

 

[waspish]

World without end by K, Follet! A long book but a page turner.

 

[law74]

I would reccomend Somme Mud by E P F Lynch
A fascinating tale of an Australian Diggers experience of the Great War, with tales of the slaughter, comedy moments (like when waiting in Freezing conditions for the King, only to ridicule two MP's riding past), and some that will almost bring you to tears (like his homecomming back to Australia).
A truly riveting read.
Dont Cry for me Sergeant Major
is also a very well written book about the experiences of the media scrum that accompanied the TaskForce to reclaim the Falklands, that dwells more on the squaddie humour rather than the actual tactics and battle strategy, more of a little "Light Reading" than a sit down and read from start to finish book (& I say this with no disrespect to the sacrifices made by the brave men and women that liberated the Falklands, especially those that made the supreme sacrifice, or came back scared either emotionally of physically frrom the conflict)

 

[Bojinov The Bull]

I've just managed to get through 'Goodbye Mog' by Judith Kerr, tough read but would recommend it!

 

[johnny on the spot]

No need to buy - Central Library'll have a copy. If yer can get past the first five pages . . . . . . . . . !

Just finished reading Antony Beavor's The Battle for Spain about the Spanish Civil War. Cracking read - yer can see from where all the Barcelona/Madrid present day enmity stems.

I read this. It's his best work to date.

To Damocles, try The People of Paper by Salvadore Plascencia. It's outstanding.

 

[stony]

Depends what sort of books you like. Personally I like a bit of historic fiction. A good yarn but plenty of historical facts thrown in for good measure. Bernard Cornwell is great at this. So far he's written quite a few on the Peninsula war, Alfred the Great, his own take on the Arthurian legend and books about Agincourt and Crecy. Most of them are really good reads.

 

[law74]

So far he's written quite a few on the Peninsula war,

If or when we get to visit Lisbon, take the time to visit Torres Vedras where the British army landed to start the peninsular campaign to remove Napoleon from Iberia, especially if you can visit the Portugese War museam and see the equipment and uniforms of the period, and then think of the hills, the heat and the distances these young soldiers had to contend with before even getting to the battle scene.
Some of the murals made up of tiles telling the tale of the battles and the old forts are still very moving.

 

[stony]

So far he's written quite a few on the Peninsula war,

If or when we get to visit Lisbon, take the time to visit Torres Vedras where the British army landed to start the peninsular campaign to remove Napoleon from Iberia, especially if you can visit the Portugese War museam and see the equipment and uniforms of the period, and then think of the hills, the heat and the distances these young soldiers had to contend with before even getting to the battle scene.
Some of the murals made up of tiles telling the tale of the battles and the old forts are still very moving.

I've always wanted to visit the lines of Torres Vedras. One of the greatest military engineering feats in modern history yet largely unknown.

 

[Anonymous]

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