Stressed by strikes, ill functioning technology and a general sense of ennui I have decided to remedy matters. I have no paraffin oil but best brown paper and purloined brandy should help & a Sharpe novel! Itโs been so long Iโd forgotten how enjoyable they are! #readingndrinking
Following an amazing weekend at the #acwrtuk Conference on Vicksburg, here is a bit more of the Civil War book haul! ๐บ๐ธ ๐ #histbookchat
Following an amazing weekend at the #acwrtuk Conference on Vicksburg, here is a bit more of the Civil War book haul! ๐บ๐ธ ๐ #histbookchat
Civil War and Napoleonic Wars crossover talk! Huzzah! ๐ฅณ #ACWRTUK
A great weekend at the #ACWRTUK Conference in Latimer House, Bucks. A good size book haul; some great talks on the Vicksburg Campaign from Tim Smith; stimulating contributions from the members; and a bloody good dinner! ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ โ๏ธ #histbookchat
Iโve broken my rule and gone into an Oxfam bookshop and emerged with this beautiful reprint. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง #histbookchat
I donโt go in!
Iโve broken my rule and gone into an Oxfam bookshop and emerged with this beautiful reprint. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง #histbookchat
The latest Reason to Revolution delivery from Helion books. Finland?! Finland! In the Napoleonic Wars. ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ #histbookchat
The latest Reason to Revolution delivery from Helion books. Finland?! Finland! In the Napoleonic Wars. ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ #histbookchat
Combining recommendations from @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and Madeline Grant and having never read any Trollope I have gone out and bought the Folio edition of The Warden. ๐
Combining recommendations from @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and Madelaine Grant and having never read any Trollope I have gone out and bought the Folio edition of The Warden. ๐
If you saw my post with Rifleman Harris on Saturday you wonโt be surprised than I bought Candide today! ๐คฃ
Tonight I am mostly drinking anCnoc at the Soho Whisky Club ๐ฅ
I love Steve but Iโm committing to the 18th century and the library space is limited ๐ญ. Keeping at least two other of Steveโs atm
More books for sale in my eBay store! ๐ฅณ ๐
The remainder of Fridayโs haul: Boswell in Corsica, Mackinder and some seriously sought after Prussian horses in the SWW (I mean the extent to which East Prussian horses are a priority in 1944 for both Stalin and the Germans tells you a lot!). ๐ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ท๐บ ๐ด #histbookchat
More books for sale in my eBay store! ๐ฅณ ๐
The remainder of Fridayโs haul: Boswell in Corsica, Mackinder and some seriously sought after Prussian horses in the SWW (I mean the extent to which East Prussian horses are a priority in 1944 for both Stalin and the Germans tells you a lot!). ๐ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ท๐บ ๐ด #histbookchat
Loads more FWW/WWI naval books, generalsโ biographies and general stuff listed in my shop, plus a couple of SWW/WWII generalsโ bios. Checked them out and help build my library: ebay.us/m/tNux6M ๐ #histbookchat
Loads more FWW/WWI naval books, generalsโ biographies and general stuff listed in my shop, plus a couple of SWW/WWII generalsโ bios. Checked them out and help build my library: ebay.us/m/tNux6M ๐ #histbookchat
My sole book purchase at #salute53 and itโs more War of the Spanish Succession and Marlborough contentโฆ ๐ #histbookchat
My sole book purchase at #salute53 and itโs more War of the Spanish Succession and Marlborough contentโฆ ๐ #histbookchat
A great afternoon as well at #salute53 including a great chat with Jason Salkeyโฆ
A great morning at #salute53. Great to see a giant table full of War of the Spanish Succession figures, beautifully painted, fighting it out. Apparently thereโs sci-fi and fantasy games going on too ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ. And only one book purchased so farโฆ
A purchase from yesterday: more content on Highlanders in North America in the second half of the 18th century. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ ๐ #histbookchat
A purchase from yesterday: more content on Highlanders in North America in the second half of the 18th century. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ ๐ #histbookchat
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