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Reading Club Results 51 through 60
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02 Apr, 2009 (51.) |
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BrianFalk
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10 Mar, 2009 (52.) |
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Greg Anchors
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Book Title: | SNIPER 1 |
Book Author: | SGT.DAN MILLS |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
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Just finished this 1.Normally,non-fiction by soldiers doesn't excite me much,though I'm very interested.This account by Sgt. Mills (& his "professional" ghost writer-lets not kid ourselves)of his sniper plts yr in Iraq more than 1 yr after the initial invasion is a chilling rollercoaster ride through a hell of Shia militias,maniacal Imams,ignorant commanders,a callous media,ruthless terrorists,an even more ruthless govt,deadly heat,debilitating illness & the nightmarish dilemma of hate,bigotry,greed & bloodlust that makes up warfare.These snipers see & know all cause they're the scouts & surgical assassins in any theatre of war.They get a front row seat & if you're interested in the battlefield per se,these are the guys to learn from.I couldn't put it down & I dont normally use that cliche. |
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10 Mar, 2009 (53.) |
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Greg Anchors
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08 Mar, 2009 (54.) |
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Greg Anchors
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08 Mar, 2009 (55.) |
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Greg Anchors
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28 Feb, 2009 (56.) |
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Edward Sharman
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24 Feb, 2009 (57.) |
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Keith Potter
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14 Feb, 2009 (58.) |
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Book Title: | THE LAST ENGLISH KING |
Book Author: | Julian Rathbone |
| Publisher: | Abacus |
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OK - I'm using the The Last English King as a reference point for Julian Rathbone's historical canon. Anyone who appreciates the craft of Bernard Cornwell will, I have no doubt, adore works such as Joseph, Wellington's War, Kings of Albion, A Very English Agent, Birth Of A Nation, etc.
The Last English King is a wonderful re-telling of the events leading up to William the Bastard's invasion of England in 1066 as seen through the eyes of the fantastically real Walt - one of Harold II's housecurls who has spent four years wandering Europe and Asia in shame for having failed his lord in his hour of need.
The characterisation is extraordinary - in my mind Rathbone was without peer in this respect. It is impossible not to feel for the inevitable plight of Harold Godwinson and Rathbone works brilliantly within the historical novelist's great challenge that the reader will always know the outcome of major events underpinning the story.
Walt is telling a story - a story of his failure and, within that, the failure of Harold to preserve England for all time. The truth is, of course, that neither failed ... both gave all they had and all anyone can ask but at the end of the day it was not quite enough. The rest, as they say, is history ..... but this book is far more than that. |
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09 Feb, 2009 (59.) |
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J Ricks
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04 Feb, 2009 (60.) |
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Jim Landgraf
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