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Title: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Panos_ on May 12, 2015, 01:16:48 pm
Hello guys, I`m looking into the war history of the above nations.

Can you recommend me any good books to read ?

100 years war
War of the Roses
Jean D`Arc
etc etc.

Cheers.


P.S Greece is still better  :evil:
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 01:34:53 pm
Mein kampf
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Panos_ on May 12, 2015, 01:42:26 pm
Quote from: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 01:34:53 pm
Mein kampf

been there, done that  :twisted:
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Panos_ on May 12, 2015, 01:51:01 pm
Quote from: HESKEYTIME on May 12, 2015, 01:46:01 pm
Henry V by Shakespeare, just remember that it's all completely true and factual

this is disturbing, all the torrent sites have shitty e books on how to lick a cunt , but when I search about the book you recommended, I get 0 results  :?
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 02:23:42 pm
Quote from: Panos_the_Bear on May 12, 2015, 01:42:26 pm
been there, done that  :twisted:

Play Age of Empires 2 Joan of Arc campaign.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Panos_ on May 12, 2015, 02:27:47 pm
Quote from: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 02:23:42 pm
Play Age of Empires 2 Joan of Arc campaign.

motherfucker, get out of here  :lol:
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Vibe on May 12, 2015, 02:32:50 pm
Baudolino by Umberto Eco

just remember that it's all completely true and factual
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Panos_ on May 12, 2015, 02:32:59 pm
Something in between  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Torost on May 12, 2015, 03:14:32 pm
dan carlin is your man.

hardcore history
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Gnjus on May 12, 2015, 03:15:47 pm
...as if everything you've shown on this forum wasn't enough now you wanna role-play an intellectual who reads history books......   :rolleyes:

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Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: darmaster on May 12, 2015, 03:26:52 pm
meh it's not such an interesting historical period tbh, french were good because suicidal/noble charges, english were evil because ranged (which is completely true and factual, crpg docet), france wins.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 03:36:22 pm
Quote from: HESKEYTIME on May 12, 2015, 02:24:42 pm
Just remember that it's all completely true and factual

''La Hire wishes to kill somezinggg''

''SALADIN!!!! I believe we have some unfinished business!''

Also bestest part.


10/10 accent
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Algarn on May 12, 2015, 05:14:52 pm
Quote from: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 03:36:22 pm
''La Hire wishes to kill somezinggg''

''SALADIN!!!! I believe we have some unfinished business!''

Also bestest part.


10/10 accent

La Hire is the best (anti) hero, ever.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 07:34:28 pm
I bet u loved to kill dirty Brits as French men.



''Another glorious loss for france''
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: njames89 on May 12, 2015, 07:41:10 pm
Read the Wars of the Roses by Conn Iggulden.

and the Conqueror series by Conn Iggulden if you enjoy Mongolian history.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Algarn on May 12, 2015, 09:22:42 pm
Quote from: LordBerenger on May 12, 2015, 07:34:28 pm
I bet u loved to kill dirty Brits as French men.

If only franks had elite crossbowmen or something, like the brits. One just can't beat archers who got 11 range.  :lol:
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Asheram on May 12, 2015, 09:26:09 pm
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe#Plot_summary (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe#Plot_summary)
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Lt_Anders on May 12, 2015, 11:51:57 pm
The Alexiad

Might be interesting?
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Armpit_Sweat on May 13, 2015, 02:23:37 am
Quote from: Panos_the_Bear on May 12, 2015, 01:16:48 pm
Can you recommend me any good books to read ?

There are three main sources of Russian history that i know of - Nikolay Karamzin, Sergey Solovyov and Vasily Klyuchevsky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Klyuchevsky), but only the last one is availible in English:
 
History of Russia (https://archive.org/search.php?query=a%20history%20of%20russia%20osipovich%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts)
 
In my personal opinion, one can not claim to know of Russian history without reading the above three authors.
 
If you are looking for a specific period, there might be some less intimidating books, that would give a decent picture of the times. So if, let's say, you were interested in 16th century's infamous Ivan the Terrible - you might want to read "Prince Serebrenni" by Aleksey Tolstoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Konstantinovich_Tolstoy). Or if you want to know how Russia kicked Sweden's and Azov Tartar's asses under the rule of Peter the Great - you could read "Peter I" by Aleksey Tolstoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Nikolayevich_Tolstoy).
It's kind of strange, but both Aleksey Tolstoys lived 100 years apart and were both great writers... And Leo Tolstoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy) lived between those two other Tolstoys, and he wrote about Russia beating Napoleon's ass and marching through Paris in "War and Peace". 
I can proudly say that I have read all of the above more than once, and can wholeheartedly recommend all of those books. One more "period war" related books would be And Quiet Flows the Don (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Quiet_Flows_the_Don) by Mikhail Sholokhov. Covers First World War and Civil War in Russia. Absolutely brilliant book, I love every line of it.
 
But there were many other wars :) I might know a good novel on a specific war - so you are welcome to specify. Otherwise, Vasily Klyuchevsky that i have mentioned above, will cover 9th to mid 18th century very well.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Leshma on May 13, 2015, 03:10:43 am
Dude, Russian books written by Russian authors about Russia. What bullshit is that? Everybody knows best way to learn Russian history is English Wikipedia, especially if you are redneck homeschooled murican.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Gnjus on May 13, 2015, 08:12:37 am
Quote from: Armpit_Sweat on May 13, 2015, 02:23:37 am
There are three main sources of Russian history that i know of - Nikolay Karamzin, Sergey Solovyov and Vasily Klyuchevsky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Klyuchevsky), but only the last one is availible in English:
 
History of Russia (https://archive.org/search.php?query=a%20history%20of%20russia%20osipovich%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts)
 
In my personal opinion, one can not claim to know of Russian history without reading the above three authors.

Yes he can.

http://www.dobra-knjiga.com/Home.asp?AutorID=19596

Most accurate history of Russians & Serbs.  :wink:

Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Bittersteel on May 13, 2015, 08:45:58 am
Quote from: Gnjus on May 12, 2015, 03:15:47 pm
...as if everything you've shown on this forum wasn't enough now you wanna role-play an intellectual who reads history books......   :rolleyes:

(click to show/hide)

lol he kiled u panos
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Vovka on May 13, 2015, 10:42:13 am
Ask Xant Kuujis and Tibe they know all about it.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: AntiBlitz on May 13, 2015, 06:36:02 pm
Quote from: HESKEYTIME on May 13, 2015, 10:13:42 am
That's some needlessly insulting bait you just laid there, you know they'll take the bait even if you dont word it in such a dickish way
the half man is still butt hurt that it didnt know proper history, and was schooled on her own history by a "redneck homeschooled murican".

Too bad we redneck homeschooled muricans dont have a history of ditch shitting, peasantry, or gallant knights and kings.  I havent anything you would want to read.  We threw tea in a harbor, fucking badasses.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Andswaru on May 13, 2015, 06:45:07 pm
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Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Casimir on May 13, 2015, 07:55:09 pm
Quote from: AntiBlitz on May 13, 2015, 06:36:02 pm
the half man is still butt hurt that it didnt know proper history, and was schooled on her own history by a "redneck homeschooled murican".

Too bad we redneck homeschooled muricans dont have a history of ditch shitting, peasantry, or gallant knights and kings.  I havent anything you would want to read.  We threw tea in a harbor, fucking badasses.

A damned waste of good tea that was
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Kalam on May 13, 2015, 10:22:44 pm
Barbara Tuchman's Distant Mirror is worth a read, though it isn't specific to the 100 year war.
Title: Re: History books about the wars of England, France, Scotland, HRE and Russia.
Post by: Andswaru on May 14, 2015, 11:57:00 am
Im currently enjoying The Ill Made Knight by Christian Cameron its just a novel series but it covers the right time period and its enjoyable.