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RE: Suggestion For History Books
March 22, 2015 at 5:40 am (This post was last modified: March 22, 2015 at 5:41 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Since Cato got to Bill Bryson first (helluva good pick, by the way), I'll recommend Stephen Dando-Collins.

He focuses mainly on military history, but has a terrific knack for putting military exploits into a larger social context. Extremely readable.

Boru
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Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 17, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Jenny A - March 17, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 17, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Minimalist - March 17, 2015 at 11:40 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Thumpalumpacus - March 22, 2015 at 12:10 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 17, 2015 at 12:35 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 17, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Jenny A - March 17, 2015 at 2:52 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2015 at 5:30 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Minimalist - March 17, 2015 at 2:04 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Cato - March 17, 2015 at 2:39 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by watchamadoodle - March 21, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Rev. Rye - March 21, 2015 at 10:40 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Ravenshire - March 21, 2015 at 10:56 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 22, 2015 at 5:40 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 22, 2015 at 9:58 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Mudhammam - March 22, 2015 at 10:14 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Thumpalumpacus - March 22, 2015 at 5:37 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Funcaldunkal - March 27, 2015 at 6:44 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Polaris - April 3, 2015 at 3:02 pm

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