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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.
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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? Anonymous2000 - 06/01/2013 10:44:24 PM 1643 Views
Someone asked this question not long ago, actually... Legolas - 06/01/2013 11:23:24 PM 1384 Views
Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working. Anonymous2000 - 07/01/2013 12:10:26 AM 1183 Views
Re: Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working. chandra - 07/01/2013 07:13:52 AM 1398 Views
Fixed that link now. Legolas - 07/01/2013 05:53:07 PM 1070 Views
Speaking of Tuchman... Elaine - 07/01/2013 02:37:31 PM 1118 Views
Yes. The one I own is The Zimmermann Telegram, which is also great. Legolas - 07/01/2013 05:48:48 PM 1069 Views
Hard choice between two: Rebekah - 06/01/2013 11:33:11 PM 1242 Views
Interesting....that second book doesn't even have any Amazon reviews! Anonymous2000 - 07/01/2013 12:16:06 AM 1125 Views
Well, depends on how broadly you want to define genres, I suppose... Larry - 07/01/2013 01:09:34 AM 1509 Views
Lord of Light- has some similarities to WOT in terms of themes IndigoAjahV2 - 07/01/2013 01:27:01 AM 1155 Views
It's a great book, though Chronicles of Amber would seem closer to WoT Isaac - 15/01/2013 01:01:25 AM 1106 Views
If you are looking for a decent series Knightscape - 07/01/2013 12:01:47 PM 1457 Views
For me it's a draw between Patrick Rothfuss: "The wise Man's Fear" and Vidarfe - 07/01/2013 01:17:14 PM 1162 Views
Possibly The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. Stephen - 07/01/2013 07:27:36 PM 1218 Views
Nothing new, but The Fionavar Tapestry by GG Kay wooly - 10/01/2013 07:02:33 AM 1148 Views
I enjoyed Perdido Street Station but it was a e little odd random thoughts - 22/01/2013 01:43:38 AM 996 Views
You try the Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts? *NM* Ryan - 03/02/2013 03:44:51 AM 638 Views
Check out the work by David Weber or L E Modesitt Jr if you have't already; both are excellent. *NM* HyogaRott - 04/02/2013 01:06:39 PM 526 Views
The Gone Away World and World War Z. *NM* MikeyMikeyMikey - 04/02/2013 03:34:15 PM 510 Views
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War *NM* Orange - 07/02/2013 11:56:11 AM 590 Views
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