Her The Thirty Years' War may just be one of the best histories I've read.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Barbara Tuchman: The Proud Tower and The Guns of August
- 06/09/2012 07:18:57 PM
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Those sound good.
- 06/09/2012 07:52:29 PM
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You should also consider Veronica Wedgwood.
- 06/09/2012 08:23:57 PM
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198 years ago? *NM*
- 06/09/2012 08:00:56 PM
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Sorry, 98 years ago. I also read a book on the War of 1812 this year. *NM*
- 06/09/2012 08:12:26 PM
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I'm glad you like them. Then you should also like The Zimmerman Telegram and A Distant Mirror.
- 06/09/2012 08:24:06 PM
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