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The books that I’ve read this year so far..
Powers and Thrones
Powers and ThronesBy Dan JonesRead in February 2024Powers and thrones is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD410, to the first contacts between the old and the new worlds in the late fifteenth century. During these...
The Wager
The WagerBy David GrannRead in February 2024On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors...
Rifles
RiflesBy Mark UrbanRead in January 2024An an exhilarating work of narrative history, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters in wellington’s Army.My ReviewThe book traces the story of a unit of the British Army, formed...
Eat The Dust
Eat the DustBy John FanteRead in January 2024One of the great novels of L.A., a semi-autobiographical story of a struggling writer One day Arturo Bandini is going to make big as a writer. A great writer. But until then, Los Angeles is as good a place as any for him to...