Reading Club

I assume you're here at this website because you like my books. Good. And that also means you might like the books I enjoy reading, and that all of us might enjoy the books that you read, so this is simply a place where we can exchange news of books - any books - not just historical novels. Tell us if you've read something wonderful and entertaining, and we'll post your recommendations and reviews here. And, please, let us know what you think of these recommendations!

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LEE'S MISERABLES: LIFE IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA FROM THE WILDERNESS TO APPOMATTOX

Written by: J. Tracy Power

Published by: University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Submitted By: Sean Busick

Meet Starbuck’s comrades. An engagingly written and impressively researched account of life and morale of the common soldiers in Lee’s army during the last year of the war. Well worth the read.

A CLOSE RUN THING

Written by: Allan Mallinson

Published by: Bantam

Submitted By: John Webb

Allan Mallinson has now publlished four Mathew Hervey novels of which “A Close Run Thing” is the first. The main charecter, Hervey is every inch a gentleman, and would have little in common with Richard Sharpe off the battle field….

THE WINTER KING

Written by: Bernard Cornwell

Published by: Michael Joseph

Submitted By: Marshall McGhee

If you have been looking for a good book to read, trust me this is it! I hadn’t read a book in years until I came across this book and read the first few pages. This book offers a completly…

WINTER OF THE EAGLE

Written by: K.M.Campbell

Published by: Allen & Unwin, 1980

Submitted By: Kim Miles

An outstanding account of a company of Napoleon’s troops retreating through Russia in 1812. Involving characterization, this is a book I could not put down that captured the human facets of a great defeat.

THE ARMIES OF WELLINGTON

Written by: Philip J. Haythornthwaite

Published by: Cassell Military

Submitted By: Martin Leibowitz

This book provides wonderful insight into the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD

Written by: Richard Rutherford-Moore

Published by: Capall Bann 1998

Submitted By: david underhill

Perhaps the most enlightened historian I have ever known, a book, as the title suggests, on the facts of Robin Hood. Written from a non-academic viewpoint this book is a delightfully easy read crammed with enlightening information scrutinised beyond belief…

CATHEDRAL

Written by: David Macaulay

Published by: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Submitted By: Steven Smith

Although it is intended for children, this book, in a series by David Macaulay, gives a really fun way to look at history through illustration. I really enjoy the feel of this book and the detail of the pictures. It…

The Masters of Rome Series

Written by: Colleen McCullough

Published by: Morrow,William & Co

Submitted By: Michael Wolf

These books are fiction novels spanning from the turbulent years of Marius and Sulla through the rise of Julius Caesar. It offers a unique perspective into the life and times of the Dictator.

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT

Written by: Brian Stone

Published by: Viking Press

Submitted By: Matt

A good yarn written in the medievil days by an unknown author, it is about one of Arthur’s knights, Gawain, and an adventure he had that ended with a fight with the Green Knight.