Missing History Books

[Torben]

yeah... 
but the coolest thing about this thread is how its a perfect example  of how it doesnt matter what a thread is about,  it will be about something completely different sooner or later.  i wonder why the cav whine didnt start in her yet : )

[bagge]

Read Conn Iggulden (something) series about Ghenghis Khan, they are epic.

[The_Angle]

I've been reading a book called. Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Ressurection by John Man.
Its extremely interesting and filled with juicy facts and thoughts on the Mongolian culture, rather broad and is good to get your teeth into. While its not an old book or really missing at all, I recommend a read. Genghis Khan is alittle bit of a personal hero of mine, in the way that. A young boy raised amongst the constantly warring tribes of his people, rises up and unites them together to eventually grow and forge one of the biggest empires in the world.

[LordBerenger]

Read Conn Iggulden (something) series about Ghenghis Khan, they are epic.

Good books. Liked especially first one bout him ''Wolf of the Plains'' other ones were good too though.

[Vibe]

Recently read "Lords of the Bow" by Conn Iggulden, was a very good book about Genghis Khan

[bagge]

Yeah, they are all awesome!

The most recent I read, Empire of Silver is also nice. You get to read alot of the Mongolian attacks on Russia. Cant wait til they release Conqueror in swedish.

Too bad Jochi got pwnt. He was my favourite, all tho his son Batu is a bad ass as well

[bagge]

I've been reading a book called. Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Ressurection by John Man.
Its extremely interesting and filled with juicy facts and thoughts on the Mongolian culture, rather broad and is good to get your teeth into. While its not an old book or really missing at all, I recommend a read. Genghis Khan is alittle bit of a hero personal hero of mine, in the way that. A young boy raised amongst the constantly warring tribes of his people, rises up and unites them together to eventually grow and forge one of the biggest empires in the world.

Gonna read that one, thanks for the tip

[LordBerenger]

Recently read "Lords of the Bow" by Conn Iggulden, was a very good book about Genghis Khan

Liked the part where they were storming a fortress/walls if i remember it right and they left shiny stuff/armors and a birdcage and.......(rest is spoiler and i shall not say moar!). Anyhow was an example of  a brilliant tactic by the fearsome Mongol horde.

[The_Angle]

Gonna read that one, thanks for the tip

Hey, no problem man.

[Vibe]

Liked the part where they were storming a fortress/walls if i remember it right and they left shiny stuff/armors and a birdcage and.......(rest is spoiler and i shall not say moar!). Anyhow was an example of  a brilliant tactic by the fearsome Mongol horde.

Yeah, this was their first chinese wall attack, when they came out of the desert.

[Overdriven]

Read Conn Iggulden (something) series about Ghenghis Khan, they are epic.

Hell read all Conn Ingulden's books. His Emperor series (about Julius Caesar) are some of my favourite historical fiction books. The Genghis Khan ones are very good as well. Fantastic author.

If we are going to go down the historical fiction road, I also love Bernard Cornwall's grail quest series (based around an English Longbowman) and David Gemmel's series based around Troy. David Gemmel died before finishing the final book in the series but I think his wife finished writing it for him based on his notes because it considered such amazing work. I still have to read that last one.

If you want something more architectural, Ken Follett's novels based on the construction of a cathedral in England are also very good. I think the first one is called 'Pillars of the Earth'.

[bagge]

Hell read all Conn Ingulden's books. His Emperor series (about Julius Caesar) are some of my favourite historical fiction books. The Genghis Khan ones are very good as well. Fantastic author.

If we are going to go down the historical fiction road, I also love Bernard Cornwall's grail quest series (based around an English Longbowman) and David Gemmel's series based around Troy. David Gemmel died before finishing the final book in the series but I think his wife finished writing it for him based on his notes because it considered such fantastic work.

If you want something more architectural, Ken Follett's novels based on the construction of a Cathedral in England are also very good. I think the first one is called 'Pillars of the Earth'.

Yeah, I've read them as well. They are epic

[Swahili_Zulu_Mon]

No one seems to know anything really about the Byzantines, which is a shame, because it was probably the greatest empire that no one seems to know anything about (besides people who studied it in college).

[Franke]

I think it's obvious that history books in the first line concentrate on topics linked to the own contry or on topics that strongly influenced the own country'S history. Guess that's why there areso many English language books about einstein/3rd Reich but literally nothing about the rest of Germany's history like the 30YW...

The same problem exists in every country I guess. I'm really into the US Civil War but it's very hard to get decent german-language books about this...   

[Boerenlater]

No one seems to know anything really about the Byzantines, which is a shame, because it was probably the greatest empire that no one seems to know anything about (besides people who studied it in college).

Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has a large section on the ERE/Byzantines.