I finally finished reading this and I am glad I did. Already, as a result of the first quick look, Anthony and I had decided to expand our little ancient Greek project to include the Persian invasion. I thought I had a good understanding of the politics, military systems and battlegrounds of this conflict [...]
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One comment so far |  Print This Post |  Email This Post |  “What’ll we do for our next period?” asked Anthony. “Dunno”, says I. “I have a hankering for something 30 Years War ish, or Napoleonic, or maybe even Malburian or the American War of Independence.” “Yeah”, says Anthony, “or maybe Saxons versus Vikings, after all, Napoleonics is just like American Civil War wargaming with more [...]  thomo the lost posted this in  Ancient, Books, History, Naval, Osprey, Wargaming on  December 20th, 2010I’d just left for a trip overseas when my partner mentioned that there was a parcel for me at the post office. She collected and told me it was a book. I knew then it was the Osprey Publishing Campaign number 222. I’d received an email from the author, William Shepherd, promising me a [...] Tags: ancient, athens, Books, greece, History, Naval, persia, Reviews, trireme |
3 people had their say - be the next! | Print This Post | Email This Post | Thomo Notes: Doug Melville sent this as a comment to Curse You Harry Sidebottom but because it was so detailed (and a good review) I posted it here as an article. I wrote the review of the Sidebottom book for the Canberra Times: Warrior of Rome – Fire in the East Ballista is an odd [...] I watched it tonight – what a crock. At least I’m glad I had not spent money to see this at the cinema. All was going well in the opening sequences but then it went down as fast as the Templar ship! Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen the movie and do not want [...] We went to the movies again on Monday night. I like Monday night – $9.50 entrance charge at the Palace on Norton St, Leichhardt and about 10 people in the cinema. A nice wine or beer and a good movie and the world is a wonderful place. So, we went and saw Slumdog Millionaire. What [...] Monday night is cheap night at the cinema in Leichhardt so off we went. I much preferred Leichhardt to Burwood (last weeks cheap cinema). Leichhardt was great, you could see it’s original shape inside its new housing. However, enough of that. Last night it was the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.I have to be honest [...] We went to the cinema last night. We actually wanted to see the Benjamin Buttons movie but it was booked out so we ended up watching Owen Wilson and Jennifer Anniston in Marley and Me. The movie was based on a novel, Marley & Me, about the experiences of a journalist (or rather columnist) and [...] Richard Wright’s Chinese Steam Navy looks at the Chinese Navy from around 1860 through to 1945, the period that the Chinese first looked at expanding their navy with modern ships. The book covers the Sino-French War of 1884 and the Battle of Foochow in particular as well as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5 and the [...] Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships: 1922-1946 is the third in the series by Conway, taking us from the end of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. Over this period, the Washington Treaty came into play, limiting capital ships. A rapid rearmament towards the middle and end of the [...] Tags: Books, Naval, Naval History, Reviews, ww2 |
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