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[David]

Thanks HEAPS Bryan! That should keep me a while.

[Bryan]

You are welcome, David, glad to help out.

[James]

I'm looking for a book about the French Revolution. I have one already ( by Axel Kuhn (no photo)) but I'm looking for more... or maybe there is a thread about that topic to be found somewhere here?

[Jill]

James....we have a French Revolution topic at the following link:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Here are two very popular books on the French Revolution.

by Simon Schama
by Christopher Hibbert

[James]

Thanks a lot, Jill. Placed the one by Hibbert on my To-Read list (for being shorter;)).
And thanks a lot for the link to the topic, just did not expect the French Revolution filed under Military History. Lots of interesting books listed there.

[Jill]

You can't go wrong with Christopher Hibbert.....he is one of my favorite historians.

Christopher Hibbert

[John]

I wasn't sure exactly where to post this- so at the risk of getting it wrong...here goes:
I am looking for a straight forward historical biography of Claude Monet. I have several books on his work and some collections, but I am really looking more for a "life and works" bio that really gets into his life. Anyone have a recommendation?

[Jill]

Try this one, John

by Paul Hayes Tucker(no photo)

[John]

Thanks Jill!

[Jill]

This post from Zainab was moved from another thread.

Hi,
I am looking for a book that talks about Lenin, Lenin's ideology, Communism, Red army, the uprising and Stalin. Can you recommend a good book? I tried to google and search on goodreads and the amount of books out there is overwhelming. A little help would be appreciated.

Also, my little search and little knowledge that I gained via internet somehow seems too biased. It seems like what they say is true, history is written by winners. I don't mind a general book of history but would love it if there is a russian historian out there whose book I can buy, just to get another perspective over it.

Thanks in advance. :)

[Will]

I've just finished the brilliant The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Munro Clark and I am looking for something that covers the post-war period as intelligently, in the same way that Tony Judt did for the 2nd postwar period in Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

[Maria]

Jill wrote: "I moved this request from Brian from another thread.

All of my Civil War reading to date has been Shelby Foote and Bruce Catton. I'm considering picking up a few books by Dowdey. Can anyone advise..."
Read Team of Rivals: The political genius of Abraham Lincon by Doris K. Goodwin

[Bryan]

Hello Will. This book is a good overview:

by Edward Hallett Carr

Don't forget to cite using bookcover and author photo:

by Christopher Munro Clark

[Bryan]

Thanks Maria, don't forget the citation:

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

[Jill]

This request from Ioanna has been moved from another thread.

"I know this is probably going to sound stupid but, does anyone know if there's someone out there conducting research on the life of Hypatia?

I read on a literary newsletter that there has been new evidence regarding her work and there was a conference in Athens about her 2 weeks ago, but I can't find anything anywhere...

If someone knows please reply. I am talking about legitimate scholarly research of the subject at hand :)"

[Jill]

Moved this post by P.M. from another thread. Hopefully, someone has some suggestions.

"We are driving throughout western Europe for 5 weeks and would like a book on CD that gives a concise history of Europe and/or more specifically history of Rome/Roman Empire or of Medieval/Renaissance times in Europe. Something that is interesting enough to listen to for hours at a time but also historically accurate and informative."

[K.]

Looking for East India Company research...British involvement. As in, men who signed up to sail in order to make money...not just a job, but to earn 'their fortune'.

Thanks.

[Jill]

Let me suggest these two books, K.

by John Keay
by Jean Sutton(no photo)

[Jerome, Assisting Moderator - Upcoming Books and Releases]

Couldn't find much on the sailors themselves, but here's some more general histories:

by Nick Robins (no photo)
by Emily Erikson (no photo)
by H.V. Bowen (no photo)

[K.]

Thank you! That's a good start!

[Jill]

I got this request from Mark and thought he might get more response if I moved it to this thread. Can anyone help?
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During the early part of WW1 Churchill ,as First Lord of The Admiralty. Churchill sent the Royal Navies armored cars (weird but true only the navy had armored cars) to Belgian. Apparently it was initiative ,when there was none, another amazing chapter in Churchills' life. The point is could you help me find a book on the subject.

Winston S. Churchill

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Mark - I found this and am searching for more.

http://www.baen.com/TanksFuture.asp

Possibly this:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28226/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

http://ww1blog.osborneink.com/?p=5703

http://clevelode-battletours.com/the-...

http://northirishhorse.net/articles/2...


One of the RNAS Rolls Royce cars just arrived in Belgium in 1914, before being fitted with hardened steel plate

There is a mention of these in the following book:

by Alan Axelrod (no photo)

Also a mention in:

(no image) Tank: 100 Years of the World's Most Important Armored Military Vehicle by Michael E. Haskew (no photo)

Also:

by David Fletcher (no photo)

Also:

by E. Bartholomew (no photo)

Also:

by Spencer C. Tucker (no photo)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Continued:

by Richard Ogorkiewicz (no photo)

An E Book - here is the link:
https://books.google.com/books?id=AE5...

by Jake Thornton (no photo)

by Bryan Perrett (no photo)
More in terms of what they did to assist the Russians and their divisions

Also:

(no image) War Cars: British Armoured Cars in the First World War by David Fletcher (no photo)

(no image) Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World by Christopher Foss (no photo)

Also:
The Royal Armoured Corps Journal, Volumes 8-9
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGg...

Might be of interest:
[bookcove:The Narrow Margin|22655814] by Derek Dempster (no photo)

More on the Russian front and the Brits helping the Russians with their armored cars - some good photos of what you are looking for - not only assisted Belgium:
by Nik Cornish (no photo)

by Rob Langham (no photo)

The problem could be that many manufacturers were pitching in - in terms of the war effort - Rolls Royce, Lancaster, etc. - so books are varied and sometimes focus on the specific armored vehicle and manufacturer versus simply the ones used in the Belgium conflict - they were used in countless skirmishes.

Mark hope this gets you started in the right direction or some prove to be what you are looking for

[Jill]

This post from Jordi was moved from another thread. Can anyone help?
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Hi, my name is Jordi, I'm from Spain, and I'm new at this. I love to consult rating at Goodreads just before buying a book. Sorry if I'm not proceeding correctly here.
I read Roman Republic by Isaac Asimov and liked a lot. I'm trying to read more about the Roman Republic but can't find a suitable book for me. I bought Mommsen's: too academic, Holland's Rubicon: too romantic, ... Is there any book just in Asimov's style?
Thank you in advance for your help.

[Jerome, Assisting Moderator - Upcoming Books and Releases]

Jordi, here are a few.

by Anthony Everitt
by Richard Alston (no photo)
by Greg Woolf (no photo)

I've only read the first book, but I think Everitt's will be exactly what you're looking for.

[Vrixton]

I read something recently that got me interested in that time period where "here's a Pope, there's a Pope, everywhere a Pope-Pope" [I think there was a time when there were three? I don't remember what the proper name for the period was.] So would anyone happen to know a good book about anti-Popes, the Avignon Papacy, &c?

And while I'm asking, is there a good, in-depth history of the Holy Roman Empire out there?

[Jordi]

Thank you, Jill, and sorry fo the inconvenience.

Thank you, Jerome, the three books seem very good. Un fortunately, I have search for the spanish translation and none of them has been translated.

Thank you anyway.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Jill - did you tell Jordi that we have a welcome thread and send a link to that thread - that is where this should be. Also there are missing citations and that should have been included. And this very much sounds like a post that Vicki might be able to help out on.

by Tom Holland

by Isaac Asimov

by Theodor Mommsen

[Jordi]

Thank you, Bentley, for the welcome. I'll keep in touch with this book club.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

You are welcome Jordi - here is the welcome thread link where you might want to post some details about yourself so we know who you are and one of the moderators can welcome you properly. No self promotion just some info about why you like history etc and maybe where you are from - your country. We are a global community so it is nice to find out where everybody is from. I know that Teri would have sent you our welcome note and it is alway good to get started off on the right foot and follow the guidelines.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jordi]

Thank you, Bentley. I have read now Teri's message and I think the use of citations is a great idea. I will use it next time.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Great Jordi and you can always practice by editing the messages where you did not realize that you needed them.

[Jill]

A request from Arnab, moved from another thread.

"Recently I read a book of James Bond series, Trigger Mortis. This is a book about the cold war just after the 2nd WW. As usual, the book blames SMERSH and Soviet Union for the after-war geopolitical issues. Then I was intrigued by the thinking, is there any crime series or detective novel in Russian literature of this time? Can you suggest me an introductory fiction? There is no chance for me to get a hardcopy else eBook format. Please suggest and share me if you can.
With love from Bangladesh,
Arnab "

by Anthony Horowitz

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Jill wrote: "A request from Arnab, moved from another thread.

"Recently I read a book of James Bond series, Trigger Mortis..."

Hi Arnab,

I just went to a Frederick Forsyth reading/interview. About Bond he said: "Bond's a joke. No spy on earth would act that way. He'd be dead in a second."

I don't know about Russian spy novels but maybe you might also want to read Western spy novels that try to stay closer to the truth/reality.

Frederick Forsyth

[Arnab]

André wrote: "Jill wrote: "A request from Arnab, moved from another thread.

"Recently I read a book of James Bond series, Trigger Mortis..."

Hi Arnab,

I just went to a Frederick Forsyth reading/interview. Ab..."
Thanks for your response Andre. At the eve of cold were there were consecutive activities done by both these two super powers. World saw some great technological invention, reverse engineering, witty socio-political events. These were reflected in espionage novels like Bond series. My question is, what had Russian writers did seeing such a one way hate-speech against Soviet and SMERSH. Did they write any counter stories?

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Arnab wrote: "Did they write any counter stories..."

Arnab, I got your question.
I was trying to point out that when you start with Bond and would want a Russian novel in the same category you would be looking at a very twisted picture of reality.
That's why I suggested looking at writers like F.Forsyth and John le Carré and find the Russian counterparts (or continue on the Bond-Fantasy path).


Frederick Forsyth

John le Carré

[Arnab]

André wrote: "Arnab wrote: "Did they write any counter stories..."

Arnab, I got your question.
I was trying to point out that when you start with Bond and would want a Russian novel in the same category you wo..."

Okay I got you, saw the list of books of both the writers. Will go through them,you can suggest me the introductory one,may be your favorite one.Or would I start taking randomly any of these?

[Caterina]

Hi, Arnab! I remember hearing about a Soviet writer of spy novels called Yulian Semyonov, but I haven't read any of his books.
More info here:
http://www.sovlit.net/bios/semyonov.html

Yulian Semyonov

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Arnab wrote: "you can suggest me..."

by Frederick Forsyth

The Odessa File is really good but from what I read in your posts it is not the most perfect match - but then, what is?

Personally I also love Tom Clancy's writing, very well researched and a nice "what if" take on things.
Then there is Eric Ambler...

If I were you I'd check different synopses and decide to go for the books closest to your desired topic.

Have a great time reading.

Tom Clancy

Eric Ambler

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you guys for assisting Arnab

[Kressel]

I'm looking for a book on semantics. Any recommendations?

[Arnab]

Thanks everyone for your suggestion :)

[Jill]

I don't know how advanced you want to get in the area of semantics but this book goes a little beyond introductory material.

by Irene Heim(no photo)

[Erin]

I am looking for an interesting, factual book on Eleanor Roosevelt for a local book club. It can't read like a text book or be too long -- needs to be informative and engaging -- there are so many out there, thought one of you might be able to point me in the right direction?

[Timothy]

Hello everyone.

I am looking for a book or books on the rise of Alexander the Great through the founding of the Roman Empire. Specifically I'm looking for a chronological narrative of the time period above and how one rise and fall of one person led to the next. Thanks.

[Jill]

Here are a couple, Tim. Hope they are helpful.

by Jacob Abbott

by John Gunther

[Whitney]

I am looking for books on King Gustav Vasa of Sweden and Hedwig-Eleonora (sometimes spelled Hedvig) Queen of Sweden. I would prefer biographies that focus on each individual, but might also be interested in more general histories that include them. Does anyone have any books about them they would recommend?

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

The Early Vasas: A History of Sweden 1523 - 1611

by Michael Roberts

There is the above one but I have not read it.

Synopsis:

This comprehensive history of sixteenth-century Sweden has remained a standard work for English-speaking historians since its publication in 1968. It is now available in paperback for the first time. The book includes a full account of the reign of Gustav Vasa (1523 60), one of the greatest rulers of his age, and of the half-century after his death that paved the way for Sweden's emergence as a great power. Professor Roberts provides an account of the course of the Swedish Reformation: he analyses those trans-Baltic entanglements which were to assume such importance, both for Sweden and for Europe, in the next century; and he pays particular attention to the constitutional controversies which reached their climax, though not their end, with the deposition of King Sigismund and the 'Bloodbath of Linkoping'.

[Whitney]

Thanks Bentley I will look into this one. It sounds interesting.

[Erin]

Erin wrote: "I am looking for an interesting, factual book on Eleanor Roosevelt for a local book club. It can't read like a text book or be too long -- needs to be informative and engaging -- there are so many ..."

Just wanted to update and see whether anyone has a recommendation?