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[Alisa]

Welcome Paul and Marla! Glad you found us and hope you participate in the discussions.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. This is how the books you mentioned should look:

Tom Holland
Peter H. Wilson
Judith Herrin

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Paul]

Scott wrote: "The Thirty Years War fascinates me. Maybe we can start a Buddy Read on "The Thirty Years War: A European Tradegy". And I do want to be part of the discussion on Byzantium."

I put the 30 Year's War book on order after listening to a BBC Radio 4 programme about Germany (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0167zl1 - not sure if it's available outside the UK) which referenced it.

edit: and I've just found a copy of the Byzantium book for £3.75 online. Sweet.

[Alisa]

Scott, don't forget to add the book and author citations as well.

Peter H. Wilson
Judith Herrin

[Paul]

Thanks Alisa, I tend to embed the text link rather than the pictures, but can do so if that's the group format.

[Alisa]

Thanks Paul, we use the bookcover photo, author photo (when available) and author link - all three elements as our group format. If you are accustomed to using the links its the click of the photo button in addition. Thanks so much!

[Muris]

Hello all!

My name is Muris, bosnian citizen living in Austria, MD by profession, working in research.

I am trying to read only those books which I find practically usefull- I read fiction only in foreign languages in order to improve them. History is one of my favorits.

I hope to get here some nice hints :)

Cheers!

[Jill H.]

Welcome, Muris. You indeed will find some good book recommendations here as well as interesting discussions.
As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. This is how a book should look:

by Mark Twain

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......

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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......

and the orientation to get you started:
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I hope you participate in the discussion you will find here. Enjoy!

[Bryan]

Welcome Paul, Marla, and Muris. I hope you enjoy the group and find it rewarding.

[Matt]

Hello fellow Historians!

I signed up here a few months ago and am only just getting familiar with the site. I'm a fan of book clubs and a keen student of History (Post grad). Looking forward to discussing any topics, my preferences are ancient greek/roman history and modern Europe/America.

Matt

[Jill H.]

Welcome to the group, Matt. It is nice to have another history lover on board.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. This is how a book should look:

by Christopher Hibbert


More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......

We hope you will take part in the discussion boards and enjoy the wonderful book recommendations.

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Hello Matt, Muris, Paul and Marla, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on historical themes we also have a couple of threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best wishes,
André

[Alisa]

Matt, welcome to the group. I hope you enjoy and participate in the many discussions.

[Bryan]

Hi Matt, glad you found us. Feel free to browse and jump into a discussion if you like.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Matt to the History Book Club. There are quite a few folks from the UK in the group so you should find a lot in common with your fellow group members aside from the love of good non fiction books and those with an historical framework.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Matt, Muris and Paul and welcome to the group. I hope that you all have a fun time here discussing great books and authors and finding new ones as well.

[Christopher]

Paul 'Pezter' wrote: "Hello all!

I'm Paul (or Pez, Pezter, Pezski etc) and live in Sheffield on the edge of England's oldest national park, the Peak District, where I try to spend as much time as possible walking, cycl..."

Hello Paul. I am Chris and some years ago I read by and that is definitely a great introduction to the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Imperial era. If you're interested in Roman history, I also recommend you look up and by , by , and by . These will give you a great idea of the Roman world during its heyday. If you are interested in the end of the Roman Empire, by is a very good place to start before you try to tackle Gibbons.

Also, I hope you don't mind if I send you a friend request. I am relatively new to Goodreads and I am always looking to expand my group of friends on here.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Christopher,

Thank you for welcoming Paul. However, it is best to send the member a note requesting that they be a friend or a friend request versus using the introduction thread. That way they can reply in private.

Also, please make sure when doing citations to add the links as well:

bookcover, author's photo (when available) and also the author's link

You got most of it right and I applaud you for trying.

I have taken the liberty to show you how they should be cited for future reference.

by Tom Holland

both by Anthony Everitt

by Robin Lane Fox

by Adrian Goldsworthy

by Peter Heather

Regards,

Bentley

[Christopher]

Bentley wrote: "Hello Christopher,

Thank you for welcoming Paul. However, it is best to send the member a note requesting that they be a friend or a friend request versus using the introduction thread. That way..."

Got it. Sorry for the inconvenience. It won't happen again.

[Paul]

Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm pleased to meet the regulars and the fellow newbies.

And Scott, I'm certainly up for any discussions on if you can get hold of a copy. If anyone else wants to join that would be grand!

[Patrick]

Hi everyone,
My name is Patrick and I really enjoy reading about History. My favourite topics include military history and Naval history. I'm also interested in books about the Media, politics and philosophy.
I'm looking forward to hanging out with you.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Patrick and welcome to the group. I also enjoy good books covering military history and I am sure you will find a lot here to keep you interested.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

This is how a book that you mention in a post should look:

by Donald S. Frazier
Which is what I'm currently reading

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Alisa]

Patrick, welcome we are glad to have you in the group. Plenty to explore and discuss here with other members so please don't be shy!

[Jill H.]

Welcome, Patrick.....you have joined a good group of history lovers. You will find great book recommendations and lively discussions.

[Patrick]

Thanks Alisa, I'm looking forward to reading your posts.

[Patrick]

Jill wrote: "Welcome, Patrick.....you have joined a good group of history lovers. You will find great book recommendations and lively discussions."

Thanks Jill. I'm looking forward to reading your posts.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Paul,

Remember the good links that the assisting mods gave you and remember that we do have rules on citations: always add the book cover, the author's photo and the author's link.

You did a good job with the book cover but did not add the rest.


by Peter H. Wilson (no photo available)

[Bryan]

Hello Patrick. I hope you find the group rewarding; we have a lot to offer.

[Libbie Hawker]

Hello! I've just joined...hoping to get some recommendations for more historical fiction. I can't get enough of it! (Though I also love to read nonfiction...)

I am especially interested in fiction set in ancient cultures. Looking forward to meeting some new friends and discussing books!

I live near Seattle with my wonderful boyfriend (he's currently finishing his history degree) and our dog, who has a natural mohawk. :)

Nice to "meet" you all!

[Jill H.]

Welcome, Lavender. I hope you enjoy the excellent book recommendations you will find here.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. Books should look like this:

by Mark Twain

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask the moderators. We hope you will participate in the discussion groups and make new friends.

[Libbie Hawker]

Will do...thanks! I think I got this right. :) Oh, maybe not...the pics aren't showing up. Okay, I'll figure it out tomorrow. It's about time to hit the hay for me.

[Alisa]

Lavender, welcome to the group. The love of anything historical is all you need here. Please join in any of the discussions. And from another Pacific Northwesterner, an extra welcome.

[David]

My name is David and I live in Philadelphia. I am currently working on a Masters in Military History through Norwich University. I love history, particularly military history. I have been interested in it since I was very young.

[Jo]

Hi Everyone...I'm Jo...I live in NC and would rather read tan do anything else. Give me a book and I'm in heaven! I love history and am looking forward to learning from all of you. Thanks for having me.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi David & Jo and welcome to the group. I am sure you will both have a fun time here. By the way David I also enjoy good books covering military history and I am sure you will find a lot here to keep you interested.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

This is how a book that you mention in a post should look:

by Donald S. Frazier
Which is what I'm currently reading

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello David, Jo and Lavender - you have come to the right place if you like history. Thanks to Alisa, Jill and Aussie Rick for giving you some helpful links and hints to get you guys off on the right foot.

[Paul]

Hi Lavender, David and Jo!

I'm also pretty new here, already met some good people and looking forward to the discussions and reads.

[Bryan]

Hi Lavender, David, and Jo. Welcome. I'm glad you found us and decided to join the group. We have a great mix of people and history areas, so enjoy!

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Hi David, Jo, Lavender and Patrick, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions about world history we also have a few nice threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best wishes,
André

[Alisa]

Welcome David and Jo, glad to have you in the group. Please join in any of the discussions - the more the merrier!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Matt. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Alisa]

Matt, welcome and glad you joined the group. I hope you enjoy the discussions.

[Jill H.]

Welcome David, Jo, and Matt. Glad you joined us....you will find a history lover's paradise here. Enjoy!

David....I am also a military history fan, especially the two World Wars and the battle of Britain. Please visit the related discussion groups.....there are plenty of good recommendations and conversations.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Matt to the History Book Club, you are from my neck of the woods. Enjoy the group and I look forward to reading your posts.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Matt and welcome to the group, I am sure you will find much to keep you interested here and hopefully you will have some fun along the way.

[Lee]

Hi all. I enjoy reading history from many periods but lately I have been focusing on late antiquity and the early medieval era. I am currently reading:

by Edward Gibbon.

I recently finished Volume I, and I am up to the first part of Chapter XVIII, where it deals with the character of Constantine. So far I have very much enjoyed the work, except for Chapters XV and XVI (last chapter of Volume I and first chapter of Volume II), which broke off the narrative flow to drone on about Christianity for about 130 pages. In the edition I have (freely available from University of Adelaide eBooks site, as it is out of copyright), there are many notes by some 18th century editors who appear to be quite zealous Christians. They make a big deal of Chapters XVI and XVII, as if they are really controversial and shocking. Just goes to show how times change, because all I found them to be was boring. I don't think I will have time to finish this before you all start the Byzantium book in December. In fact I know I won't. So I might break off from Gibbon for a bit to join in the Herrin reading. At least I will see how I go. It seems to me that once Gibbon gets to Heraclius (610AD-641AD) he grows tired of treating the Empire per se, and begins to descant on the Franks, Arabs, Normans, Turks, and various other peoples who consumed the territory of the old empire. So it may be that, despite being much shorter, Herrin's work will flesh out more of the Byzantine Empire than I will encounter in Gibbon.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Lee, are you aware that we had a discussion of that book awhile ago. It is a real classic but it like reading any old classic: daunting yet of great value.

It is the kind of book where a break can be handy. So hope you can join in on the other. This thread is reserved for introductions but glad to have your hi all here and welcome to the group.

You seem to have the citations down so congrats on that one.

Bentley

[Phil]

Greetings everyone, my name is Phil and I live in the foothills of the Palomar Mtns in sunny Southern California. I have subscribed to GR for a while, but decided to join the History Group as I have recently semi-retired, and I can't play golf all the time, can I .....? I have also read through the posting guidelines already, to save the moderators the trouble of reminding me. I am looking forward to the Federalist Papers discussion when it resumes, although from looking at past threads there really doesn't seem to be a lot of discussion going on, or am I missing something? Each paper seemed to generate less than a dozen posts, but perhaps that is due to the excellent explanations provided by the moderators.... In any event, looking forward to catching up when the discussions resume.

[Alisa]

Hello Phil and welcome, we are glad you decided to join. Thanks for reading through the guidelines and let us know if you need a hand or have a question about the mechanics of posting books and authors etc. There are many discussion threads and we hope all of our members will participate. Please j0in in wherever your interests lead you. We look forward to your posts. And since you mentioned it:

Alexander Hamilton

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Phil,

It looks like you have done your homework. I look forward to your posts on the Federalist Papers threads. Some folks post on them and some folks read the posts that other people write like a blog. Hard to tell; but the more folks post the better the discussions become as you can probably see. But whenever someone posts; our moderating team will always post back and acknowledge you. Thank you for the kind words about the excellent explanations. And you can start now by reading and commenting on the first 31. We will be starting on paper 32 on Feb 6th.

Glad to have you with us.

Alexander Hamilton

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Hello Phil, Lee, Paula and Matt, welcome to the group.
Apart from the many fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few nice threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Please come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André