History's People

History's People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan

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Today‘s book question :

What time frame do you enjoy reading about ? If you don‘t like NF history or historical fiction, then is there a time frame you prefer ? Like modern day, maybe the 1970s, 1950s.....1930s......

Please repost with a book you enjoyed from that time frame.

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Andrew65 Thanks for reposting 😊👍 1mo

ljuliel Thank you @MrBook 🙂 1mo

MrBook @Andrew65 @ljuliel Wonderful post to share!!! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

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Andrew65 @MrBook The credit really goes to @ljuliel I‘m just helping her spread the word and trying to help people get involved. (edited) 1mo

ljuliel I appreciate the help @Andrew65 . 1mo

wordslinger42 What a wonderful idea!! 1mo

sharread Considering I like Scifi any is good to me even space. 😄 4w

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TheEllieMo

History's People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan

Reposted for @ljuliel

#keepLitsyactive #historybooks

Today‘s book question :

What time frame do you enjoy reading about ? If you don‘t like NF history or historical fiction, then is there a time frame you prefer ? Like modern day, maybe the 1970s, 1950s.....1930s......

Please repost with a book you enjoyed from that time frame.

Thanks ! Keep it up, you guys are doing great.

ljuliel Thank you for the repost @TheEllieMo 1mo

Crazeedi To tell the truth, I read books from all time periods, I love the Tudor and Elizabethan periods, but I dont limit myself. Right now I'm reading this, @ljuliel

Tidelands

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TheEllieMo @Crazeedi I read from all time periods too, but the early to mid 16th century holds a special fascination for me for non-fiction. 1mo

Crazeedi @TheEllieMo it's a wild period! 1mo

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Andrew65

History's People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan

Reposted for the wonderful @ljuliel

#keepLitsyactive #historybooks

Today‘s book question :

What time frame do you enjoy reading about ? If you don‘t like NF history or historical fiction, then is there a time frame you prefer ? Like modern day, maybe the 1970s, 1950s.....1930s......

Please repost with a book you enjoyed from that time frame.

Thanks ! Keep it up, you guys are doing great.

MrBook

ljuliel Thank you Andrew 🙂 1mo

DrexEdit Great question! I'll read any time frame if it's a good story. I mostly tend to read NF by topic, and it's usually science-heavy. That said I do like ancient Rome. Reading the tagged book now.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

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Andrew65 @DrexEdit That‘s a book I want to read. 1mo

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EadieB I like to read about The Revolutionary War Period - 1770 (Boston Tea Party) thru 1776 - (Signing of Declaration of Independence). 1mo

Andrew65 @EadieB I really need to read more about this period, been interested in some of Steve Berry‘s writing about this period. 1mo

EadieB @Andrew65 I think I told you this before but I really enjoyed this biography of George Washington as it also included a lot about The Revolutionary War

Washington: A Life

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CoffeeCatsBooks My favorite is Ancient Rome. I love Robert Harris‘ Cicero series.

Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome

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Andrew65 @EadieB Thanks for the reminder. I also want to read his book on Alexander Hamilton. 1mo

EadieB @Andrew65 I own that one too! Definitely like this period of early US Presidents and Cabinet. 1mo

Andrew65 @CoffeeCatsBooks Rome books are among my favourites, and Roman Britain. Love Robert Harris books, the Cicero series and Pompeii book too. Also love the books by Ben Kane and Anthony Riches.

The Forgotten Legion

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Andrew65 @EadieB It is definitely a period for me to explore further. 1mo

CoffeeCatsBooks I liked his Pompeii book too. I‘m not familiar with the The Forgotten Legion, so I‘ll add that to my TBR pile! 1mo

Andrew65 @CoffeeCatsBooks I love that trilogy, as well as his Hannibal and Spartacus books. 1mo

kwmg40 I don't have a favourite time period, as I find all of them interesting in their own ways. However, your choice of book for this blurb reminded me that I really loved Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919. It was so informative and well written.

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

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Andrew65 @kwmg40 Sounds great. 4w

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History's People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan

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This book is based on the author's Massey lectures so I was hopeful it would be nice and accessible for plebians like me.

The book was ok, and I learned a few interesting tidbits of history but the format that worked for the lectures didn't work in the book. You get random people from random time periods thrown together. They are supposed to be connected by their traits like hubris or daring, but it all gets very confusing.

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History's People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan

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