My lastest book purchases

**ShadesWolf** · 05-23-2006, 13:30

To celebrate me changing my job, I've been shopping and brought some new books. Its been a couple of months since my last purchases, so its time for a few new books.

So what did I buy......

Otterburn 1388 - Osprey
The Pale Horseman - Bernard Cornwell
The perfect King (The life of Edward III) - Ian Mortimer
Atlas of Military History - Collins

Do any of you else have these books, if so what do you think of them ?

**Justiciar** · 05-23-2006, 23:29

The perfect King (The life of Edward III) - Ian Mortimer

I've ordered that one too.. don't know when it'll arrive though. I also bought one about the Godwin dynasty. Should be good stuff. The Pale Horseman was alright. I'm not a big fan of Cornwell's, but he could be worse.

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 05-24-2006, 00:07

How much did all that cost?

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 05-24-2006, 09:29

You going to get Flodden Shades?

**ShadesWolf** · 05-24-2006, 16:05

Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon

How much did all that cost?

About £47
So not to bad.
Ive also just ordered Dukes of Burgundy: John the Fearless
Which is the last one from the series. I have the other three and they are excellent. Richard Vaughan is some writer.

Originally Posted by The Blind King of Bohemia

You going to get Flodden Shades?

Im not sure yet. Its a little out of my time period. If I did I would get Bannockburn and Stirling first. As those are the only ones from the period I dont have.

**Orda Khan** · 05-24-2006, 16:55

Can you tell me a little more about that Atlas of Military History? My interest in the Mongol Empire was inspired by a similar sounding book, The Illustrated History of the World or something like that (obviously not the same book since I was a mere lad at the time). It gave a break down of the important civilisations and empires and I was fascinated by the scale of the Mongol Empire. Sadly I lost that book during a house move. I stumbled upon a book that I kick myself daily for not buying and as I can not remember the title, I kick myself again. It was something like The Changing Face of Asia, and had loads of maps covering a huge time frame

......Orda

**ShadesWolf** · 05-24-2006, 17:45

ISBN 0007166397
Paperback 192 pages (May 4, 2004)
Publisher: Collins
Language: English

A brand-new history of the world's principal military developments and campaigns, from the Greeks and Romans to the Vietnam War and beyond, illustrated with state of the art mapping. From the dawn of the very first civilizations, people have fought for the control of resources and territory. The Collins Atlas of Military History takes a look at all the principal military developments which have made these struggles ever more lethal and at the major military campaigns throughout the ages. From the Egyptians and Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh, to the recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan and the Gulf, the most innovative military tactics, new weaponry, the key commanders and the decisive battles are all discussed and analysed.

If you pop along to Amazon Orda Khan it has this new feature which allows you to have a look at a few pages from the book to get an idea what you can expect.

The books is very limited on what it covers in ancient and medieval but it has some exellent sections on the 19th century covering crimea, Franco-austrian, franco-prussian, US civil war, russo- turkish, colonial wars and the russo-japanese wars.

The final section of 80 pages takes us from the first world war right up to April 2003