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Speaking of Tuchman... Elaine Send a noteboard - 07/01/2013 02:37:31 PM

And if you like history, you'll see that both Tom and myself just wrote very enthusiastic reviews about two quite different history books, perhaps one of those sounds interesting to you too? In the top three of 2012 post, Tom also mentioned The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchmann, which is also excellent (basically about Europe in the quarter century before WW1).


...I read A Distant Mirror a few years ago and it was great. It's about the Dark Ages. I have The Proud Tower so I'll give that a go next.
Elaine
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After AMOL, I'm looking for something new, so let me ask - What was the best book you read in 2012? - 06/01/2013 10:44:24 PM 1340 Views
Someone asked this question not long ago, actually... - 06/01/2013 11:23:24 PM 1029 Views
Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working. - 07/01/2013 12:10:26 AM 876 Views
Re: Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working. - 07/01/2013 07:13:52 AM 998 Views
Fixed that link now. - 07/01/2013 05:53:07 PM 776 Views
Speaking of Tuchman... - 07/01/2013 02:37:31 PM 814 Views
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