Don't Know Much About History . . .

Haggridd jkusalavagemd at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 14 23:59:56 UTC 2003


Hi, Cindy,
I could recommend a slew of history books, but if you find texts
boring, I recommend historical fiction by authors with a reputation
for accuracy.  These can give you a sense of a period far better than
a textbook.

I recommend any historical novel by Cecilia Holland,the Flashman
series by George MacDonald Fraser, the Sharpe seres by Bernard
Cornwal, for classical Greecs, any novel by Mary Renault, for
republican Rome, a number of boks by Collen McCullough (she wrote the
Thorn Birds), and many others.


Haggridd 


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...>
wrote:
> Hey, all,
> 
> Lately, I've become interested in learning more about world history. 
> My American history isn't too bad, but the rest of the world is a
> rather unfortunate blur in my mind.
> 
> Has anyone read any good non-fiction history books they could
recommend?  
> 
> I'm looking for something that is an entertaining read (as contrasted
> to the dry-as-dust history books I was forced to read in school), and
> I'm more interested in quality than subject matter, really.  European
> history, Russian history, Chinese history, African history . . . it
> all works for me.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cindy -- too lazy to just go to the library and see what's out there





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