Anyone got some good books on the Spanish Inquisition, I'm tired of hearing about the (tens of) millions who died because of the brutal Spanish Inquisition
Anyone got some good books on the Spanish Inquisition, I'm tired of hearing about the (tens of) millions who died because of the brutal Spanish Inquisition
There are a few out there. The best overall account, in my opinion, is Dignas and Winter, Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity. James Howard-Johnston, Parvaneh Pourshariati, and Walter Kaegi, taken together, paint an excellent picture of the last war (the famous oneWhat might be a good read on the Roman-Sassanid wars? They're quite fascinating.
There are a few out there. The best overall account, in my opinion, is Dignas and Winter, Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity. James Howard-Johnston, Parvaneh Pourshariati, and Walter Kaegi, taken together, paint an excellent picture of the last war (the famous one), although I have found that for a blow-by-blow of the actual campaigning it can be helpful to keep Treadgold's general history of the Byzantine state and society on hand.
Nah, I'm just interested in the right things.You, sir, are a fantastically well-read gentleman.
Nah, I'm just interested in the right things.![]()
Can anyone recommend some books on the British economy from ~1750-1800 AD?
Hew Strachan wrote a fairly short overview of the war. It's pretty vanilla, and it's notably not grossly wrong, which is more than anyone can say for things written by John Keegan.Hello all
Looking for books on two subjects. An overview of WWI
Günther Hölbl wrote a good one-volume work (it's been translated) but that might be tough to find. Most works on Ptolemaic Egypt specifically (at least, the ones that aren't garbage focusing on Kleopatra VII) are pretty highbrow and tough to find. You could try looking through Peter Green's Alexander to Actium, which covers the entirety of the Hellenistic period, to get to the Ptolemaic bits. That should be fairly widely available.ac106 said:and something on Ptolemaic Egypt
He certainly does write to be enjoyable.![]()
I quite enjoyed Tom Holland's Persian Fire, a book on Persia, Athens, Sparta, and the war. And I'm not even interested in that time period.