Member: Poleaxe

"The Hundred Years War, Volume III: Divided Houses" by Jonathan Sumption is out! Just ordered it on Amazon.

posted by surly at 11:41 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2009

Thanks, Poleaxe!

Good to hear from ya :D

Have a *SAFE* and Happy 4th!

posted by ThePam at 7:38 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2009

Hope you have a Happy 4th too!! Don't shoot any arrows straight up in the air unless you're wearing your armor! ;-)

posted by rudel519 at 10:42 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2009

I'm going for a riverboat cruise and will be watching other people blow things up.

posted by varielle at 4:00 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2009

Is the Fourth the day for you to blow off steam? :)

posted by surly at 11:41 am (EST) on Jul 3, 2009

Finished Goodbye, Darkness last night. I really enjoyed it. Thanks again for making it available and taking the time to send it to me.

posted by etrainer at 4:21 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Poleaxe, I got the book yesterday. Thanks! I've been reading mostly mystery and thriller fiction lately, so this will be a good change. Although I am not particularly knowledgeable, I enjoy reading about WWII.

posted by etrainer at 2:27 pm (EST) on May 12, 2009

Poleaxe, you got the right guy. Looking forward to the book.

I see you are in Knoxville - I have some relatives there.

posted by etrainer at 4:50 pm (EST) on May 4, 2009

I look forward to it. I didn't even know what a Victoria Cross was until I started doing the obits for the old soldiers. It seems like the few guys who won it were righteous dudes.

posted by varielle at 1:35 pm (EST) on May 4, 2009

Re 'King Edward III': will be read in a decade or two once I get to that point in my to-read pile. I still have quite a few books about Desert Storm yet to read! At this rate, my great-nephews will be reading these rather than me.

posted by surly at 7:25 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2009

I think I have an ancient Roman cookbook that might actually have a cure for plague.

posted by varielle at 12:44 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2009

I figured you would appreciate the title of one of my latest acquisitions, "Chicks in Chainmail."

posted by varielle at 12:11 pm (EST) on Feb 22, 2009

I didn't know there was a prequel. How was it?

posted by varielle at 12:51 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

Hi Todd, I actually haven't read it yet. I'll definitely move it up on my reading list. Thanks, Steve

posted by rudel519 at 3:46 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2009

Maybe a kitty parachute. I've always wanted my own trebuchet.

posted by varielle at 11:09 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2009

Only live cats accepted.

posted by varielle at 11:03 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2009

Hey, how did you get all the war medals down on the right?

posted by varielle at 10:17 am (EST) on Jan 30, 2009

Exactly. I've been trying to give it away on Bookmooch for some time, but nobody wants it.

posted by varielle at 10:16 am (EST) on Jan 30, 2009

The editor gets all the glory. Grant is still alive. They buried his horse in the tomb.

posted by varielle at 3:14 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2009

Hi, I've got two of Degrelle's books - "Campaign in Russia" and "Epic: Story of the Waffen-SS", and they're both good. I still need to add "Epic" to LT. There's been several great books come out over the last few years on the foreign volunteers, with even some coming out of the Baltic states. So are you doing medieval warfare re-enactment now? Nice suit of armor in your picture!!

posted by rudel519 at 10:04 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2009

Hi, I agree that "Wenn alle Bruder..." is probably the best photo book on the subject. It'll likely be one of the last books to leave the house due to my interest in the Eastern Front as well as the foreign nationals that fought with the Germans in WWII. But I do appreciate the warning!! :-)

posted by rudel519 at 9:22 pm (EST) on Jan 15, 2009

No, sorry--I wasn't in the 187th. Your interests are remarkable. Wish you were near by so I could have you talk to my freshmen Western Civ classes.

Best,

Murph

posted by LTCMKinney at 2:03 pm (EST) on Jan 14, 2009

At first I didn't know what you were talking about. "Helper-thingies?", I mumbled to myself. THEN I saw them waving in the lower right-hand corner.

Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I'll have to go and investigate as I have no idea where they came from.

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btw, I'm reading "Joker One" about marines in Iraq. (Yeah, I know, hardly my area.) So far it's an interesting read. I'm learning alot about marines.

And what exactly do they say about you in that book you reviewed?

posted by ThePam at 1:56 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009

You need to add your latest review to Amazon. I cannot wait for the follow-on comments!

posted by surly at 12:39 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009

Well, they do have the jousting...

posted by varielle at 1:26 pm (EST) on Jan 6, 2009

Au contraire, mon ami. I think it's cool. Makes me want to run off with the Ren Fair folks.

posted by varielle at 9:16 am (EST) on Jan 6, 2009

So is that you in your pic? Do tell us the story.

posted by varielle at 3:52 pm (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

Right back at ya! I celebrate any and all holidays at every available opportunity.

posted by varielle at 11:34 am (EST) on Dec 24, 2008

On _Medieval Mercenaries_, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. I'm not a medievalist per se (as my huge quantities of Pearl Buck and Foxfires reveal), but I know the period decently well, and I love it in a way; it's extremely frustrating to see random English jerks dragging it through the mud. (That "Brief History of Salt" or whatever it was, and of course "Guns, Germs, and Steel," also come to mind here.)

I think you might enjoy Hans Delbrück, if you're not already familiar with him; and maybe Paddy Griffith, who, though much more English than his name implies, at least takes his subject matter seriously. I'm curious to know what you think of H. John Poole's arguments about modern tactics, too, though he can be awfully sanctimonious at times.

And I'd like to thank you for your service in the Army. It's because of people like you that I can waste my time on LibraryThing...

posted by ex_ottoyuhr at 9:57 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2008

The author you seek is for 'Glory of Agincourt' is Rosemary Hawley Jarman.

posted by surly at 2:55 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2008

He's back!

posted by surly at 9:12 am (EST) on Sep 23, 2008

Just checked Amazon and nothing on the third Sumption HYW book. Being waiting to add it to the to-read pile.

posted by surly at 7:36 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2008

Is Norman Sicily in your area of interest? In my readings of Byzantine history, the War of the Sicilian Vespers always looms large as suspiciously timely considering the Norman threat to the Empire.

posted by surly at 6:53 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2008

Welcome. We seem to share a modicum of interest in Middle Ages warfare.

posted by surly at 5:53 pm (EST) on Aug 9, 2008