Re: What history book are you reading or planning to read?/ The history bookreview th
Interesting that you say that Goldsworthy's for "amateurs and beginners" and then state you're reading Norwich and Ward-Perkins.Originally Posted by strategos roma
I've read Goldworthy's books and they're fine but lacking in detail. It just seems sort of shallow so I'll recommend it for amatuers and beginners but probably not for more advanced readers. I'm currently reading R. Malcolm Errington's 'A History of the Hellenistic World', John Julius Norwich's 'Byzantium' and Bryan Ward Perkins' "The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilisation'. All three seem fine but for style Norwich's is definitely the best.
Treadgold, Haldon and Vasiliev would be the Byzantine texts for a properly hardcore hobby-historian.
"The Roman Empire was not murdered and nor did it die a natural death; it accidentally committed suicide."
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