Simon Scarrow

[Blackshamrock.]

Hey guys just wated to stick this up and talk about it. I've just finishd Eagle in the sand His 7th book in the eagle saries. Has any one red any of his other ones. His after becomeing verry Populer and if you love history and Like me your a rome total war fanatick like me you love these. For thoses that havent herad of him or red any of his books you should. All his books are Center'd around two centurions calld Macro and Cato and there Legionary adventures. Man I think his books rock cheack this out www.scarrow.co.uk and in joy tahnks and ps exquse the spellings.

[Brusilov]

and in joy tahnks and ps exquse the spellings.

Man, I'm glad you pointed that out. Your posts are very hard to read. I can't imagine how hard they are to read for someone who English is not their first language.

[Marcus_Vipsanius]

These books are apparently only available in English...Not in Dutch

[Nordmann]

Brilliant series of books, worth buying if you're interested in the Roman Legions. I certainly enjoyed them.

[Blackshamrock.]

There grate all right. I got my speel cheack fixd. So ownley english from now on readable English I meen lol

[Brusilov]

There grate all right. I got my speel cheack fixd. So ownley english from now on readable English I meen lol

I presume that's from the next post, then?

[Mediteran]

I presume that's from the next post, then?

lol sorry but this post is funny

[Samuel Adams]

Blackshamrock,

Thanks, I just ordered the first two in the series since I just finished my other book. For those who like Spartans and the 300, (I'm sure there's not many here....) I would highly recommend "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield. that has to be the greatest book on the subject in way of fiction I've ever read.

[Father Jack]

The Simon Scarrow books are fantastic if you are interested in Roman history and especially Roman military history. I also highly recommend them

[Brusilov]

I prefer to read non-fiction books as in a novel it may be hard to work out what is factual and fantasy on the part of the author.

I've just finished "Rubicon" by Tom Holland. It's a decent read but not as interesting as his "Persian Fire" which covers the Persian / Greek wars and gives a lot of background material into each of the countries involved (where they came from).

My next book is Gary Forsythe's "A Critial History of Early Rome" (From Prehistory to the First Punic War).

I have a number of Adrian Goldsworthy's books to read as well.

Although I may take a break from non fiction and just read Tom Clancy's "Red Rabbit".

[Marcus_Vipsanius]

I've just finished "Rubicon" by Tom Holland. It's a decent read but not as interesting as his "Persian Fire" which covers the Persian / Greek wars and gives a lot of background material into each of the countries involved (where they came from).

I found "Rubicon" absolutely great. Not such a fiction reader either, but the style of Rubicon was a very nice read. History as a story.

[Brusilov]

I found "Rubicon" absolutely great. Not such a fiction reader either, but the style of Rubicon was a very nice read. History as a story.

Try "Persian Fire" by Tom Holland and you may see why I thought it was a better book than "Rubicon".

[aja5191]

Rubicon was great.

[EternalSlayer]

Rubicon was great.

Amen.

[MarcusTullius]

I absolutely loved the Emperor series by Conn Iggulden...fantastic read on Caeser and his military conquests

Highly recommend it for anyone on this board

[Nellup]

I absolutely loved the Emperor series by Conn Iggulden...fantastic read on Caeser and his military conquests

Highly recommend it for anyone on this board

I second this, they are a bit romanticised but still an excellent read.

Also I would recommend the Alexander trilogy by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, which are also quite romanticised in places, but by and large historical, at least as far the chronology of Alexander the Greats life goes.

[Gaius Georgeus]

Hm, I have just finished "Theory of continental law" (850 pages + appendix) and I moved to "History of european contintental law and introduction into the common law" (approx. 1000 pages). Therefore, I just wanted to sincerely express my kind and cheerful feelings that you guys have such a plenty of time to read all those beautiful books, while I am evidently going to spend my whole life reading this crap...Yeesh

[MarcusTullius]

Hm, I have just finished "Theory of continental law" (850 pages + appendix) and I moved to "History of european contintental law and introduction into the common law" (approx. 1000 pages). Therefore, I just wanted to sincerely express my kind and cheerful feelings that you guys have such a plenty of time to read all those beautiful books, while I am evidently going to spend my whole life reading this crap...Yeesh

Uhmm, you're not the only one mate....i've got masses of Roman law and constitutional law work to be getting on with but RS + reading just helps take my mind of things for a bit

[Gaius Georgeus]

Uhmm, you're not the only one mate....i've got masses of Roman law and constitutional law work to be getting on with but RS + reading just helps take my mind of things for a bit

Another student of law, I suppose ?

[MarcusTullius]

Another student of law, I suppose ?

Indeed

"To know the laws is not to memorise their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning"

Struggling to read, let alone memorise the letters