Over many decades, my reading has followed many interests – here are highlights.
- Byzantium – John Julius Norwich
Alexander’s Path – Freya Stark
King Hereafter – Dorothy Dunnett’s recreation of Macbeth
Pipeline to Battle
Where the Mountain Casts it Shadow
Forgotten books of World War II
Bernard Cornwell’s The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War
Washington’s Crossing – The 1776 Trenton Campaign
Inventing a Nation – Gore Vidal
On the Origin of Species- Charles Darwin
The Soul of Battle – Victor Hanson
Eric Foner – Historian of the Civil War & Reconstruction
Carnage & Culture – Victor Hanson - Science Fiction
- Best Books About China The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan – largest uprising in human history 1845-64, Confucian student ascends to heaven and returns convinced he’s Jesus brother. Translated the gospel to Chinese, rewriting it to add stories …