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The GOT Book Club
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The Devil All the Time - Donald Ray Pollack.
Fantastic book - story of lowlife in the American mid West.
Beautifully written and the author skilfully knits it altogether, with a cracking ending.
Some difficult subject matter - paedophilia, serial killing amongst others.
Crying out to be made into a film.
Gonna check that one out.
Someone here (perhaps you) recommended "Indianapolis" ...a nonfiction book about a ship, blame, and exoneration. Very engaging so far.
Also, I'm reading "Chiefs" (by Stuart Woods) which is in the tradition of southern crime, like Desperation Road. Very good so far!
I recommended the Indianapolis mate, it’s a great book and a real eye opener.
The Devil all the Time is much darker than Desperation Road, but equally as well written.
Will check out Chiefs, as I’m massively into American noir at the mo
Methuselah
Player Valuation: £35m
Just finished 'The Gigante' which covers the transfer of John Charles from Leeds United to Juventus in 1957. He was probably one of the most successful of players from the UK who went abroad to ply their trade. Very interesting book based on extensive research by author Robert Endeacott. First half of the book involves the mechanics and politics of the transfer and the effect on him and his family of moving to a different country. The second half is about his first season in Italian football when Juventus won the league after being relegation contenders the previous season. John Charles was leading goalscorer with 28 goals in spite of playing several games as a defender. Really interesting read. (Published by Ockley Books).
PS I am not on commission!lol
PS I am not on commission!lol
This is on my Christmas list. It best be under the tree!Excellent.
Spy novel amongst the negotiations at Munich. Very good at explaining the motivation of Chamberlain, excellent at the minutiae of the conference and its delegates, and all in all a classic page turner. Features the Hossbach memorandum for those who know what that is.
Gwladysstreetlad
Player Valuation: £50m
War of the Wolf by Bernard Cronwell. It's the eleventh book in his Saxon Chronicles and the series is as good as ever. Nobody does historical fiction like Cornwell, the guy is just the master. Eleven books in and it feels like he could double that and still have more stories to tell. The voice of Uthred is so well done and the Battle scenes are so well written. It's a pity the tv show does such a poor job in adapting this amazing series because it really fails to do the books justice. If it wasn't Cornwell's Arther Triolgy this series would be the best thing he's ever written and when you look at all this amazing work that's some achievement.
Went through Dan Carlin’s “Hardcore History - Ghosts of the Ostfront” Podcast series recently and decided to pick this up:
Excellent so far.
The problem with some history based books, specifically military history, is that some can get bogged down with the minutia of details, troop movements and the like. But this seems to have a much more human focused element to it.
A truly horrendous moment in history for all unfortunate enough to get caught up in.
Excellent so far.
The problem with some history based books, specifically military history, is that some can get bogged down with the minutia of details, troop movements and the like. But this seems to have a much more human focused element to it.
A truly horrendous moment in history for all unfortunate enough to get caught up in.
Went through Dan Carlin’s “Hardcore History - Ghosts of the Ostfront” Podcast series recently and decided to pick this up:
Excellent so far.
The problem with some history based books, specifically military history, is that some can get bogged down with the minutia of details, troop movements and the like. But this seems to have a much more human focused element to it.
A truly horrendous moment in history for all unfortunate enough to get caught up in.
All Beevor`s books read the same way mate.
He manages to bring very dry subjects to life.
I can highly recommend - Berlin and Leningrad too.
Stalingrad is an exceptional read and really gives a full insight into why the Russians were so brutal in revenge when the tide turned.
I’ve been meaning to get to this for ages tbh.
But I read ‘Barbarossa’ by Alan Clark a while back and that fell into the category of being a bit too “history textbook” in the way it’s written for me, so I ended up putting off reading Stalingrad.
Will deffo look out for his other stuff, once I get through this!
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Still not half way through mine.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
If you're interested in the First World War ; who started it ; why it broke out where it did and when it did ; and what it was about, then this book offers some detailed and, to me, original ideas.
His main thesis was there were in fact two conflicts at the beginning - related, but not inseperably linked. Namely German war aims changed through July 1914, from supporting Austria Hungary in their desire to crush Serbia, to aiming to declare war on Russia, invade France, and use Austria's army to defend the borders with Russia.
Alongside this, there is a wealth of detail with regard to the machinations of the Axis powers, and how few people were actually involved in the major decisions.
The Balkans' political situation is particularly well written and easy to understand. Also, the influence of the Kaiser towards the military is somewhat surprising.
If you like diplomatic and military history it's an excellent read.
On a rather prosaic matter, Italy didn't join the Axis Powers because, amongst other reasons, they had a 'shortage of uniforms'.
His main thesis was there were in fact two conflicts at the beginning - related, but not inseperably linked. Namely German war aims changed through July 1914, from supporting Austria Hungary in their desire to crush Serbia, to aiming to declare war on Russia, invade France, and use Austria's army to defend the borders with Russia.
Alongside this, there is a wealth of detail with regard to the machinations of the Axis powers, and how few people were actually involved in the major decisions.
The Balkans' political situation is particularly well written and easy to understand. Also, the influence of the Kaiser towards the military is somewhat surprising.
If you like diplomatic and military history it's an excellent read.
On a rather prosaic matter, Italy didn't join the Axis Powers because, amongst other reasons, they had a 'shortage of uniforms'.
The follow on Dan Simmons excellent - the Summer of Night.
Unfortunately not a patch on the Summer of Night,
Try’s to read like a modern Gothic Horror, but fails.
@anjelikaferrett if you’ve bought the first one, don’t buy this - easy to read, but dull.