about me

Prefer non-fiction but enjoy fantasy and general fiction with historical content or themes.

The quality and diversity of the works here is remarkable - some of my favorite books are well outside my regular interest (fantasy, history). A neat place to be an author AND a reader.

To fellow authors, If I don't reply right away, I just need time to read it before providing halfway intelligent feedback. I withhold specific comments unless you ask me for them or I just plain like your book so much I'll comment anyway. By the same token, I appreciate specific feedback and take it seriously since it means you took time making the effort to think them through and post them

The following story began as a working draft but thanks to the suggestions of others, has changed for the better since I posted it exactly couple weeks ago. I. This was meant to be a purely fun tale to lighten the holidays. If you enjoy it, good enough for me!

Merry Christmas to you all!

favourite books

War and Peace (really) , Wizard of Earthsea trilogy, A Distant Mirror, the Guns of August, Justinian's Flea, Engine of God, Watership Down, Shardik, DUNE, LOTR trilogy, Empires of the Sea, A World Lit only by Fire, the 900 Days, Guns, Germs and Steel, Empires of the Word, Peoples of the Book.

Shogun, Sarum and Iberia (three books which set the bar for what a historical epic should be IMO)

Most influential history book: "The Structures of Everyday Life" by Fernan Braudel" along with his thesis work: "The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II"

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