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- Sat December 13th, 2014, 7:50 pm
- Forum: America
- Topic: novels about slavery
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25266
A friend of mine is planning a book on the indentured Scots and Irish. I've been trying to steer him in the direction of the Scots POW during the English Civil War sold into slavery to America. Bought from the prison camps for £3, transported for £2 then sold for £32. A lucrative way of dealing with...
- Mon November 3rd, 2014, 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: November 2014: What are you reading?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6393
- Wed May 14th, 2014, 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: armoured combat
- Replies: 8
- Views: 774
Mark I know what you mean about fighting styles in mass combat. The Leeds Armoury has a Helmet that has sound and vision blasting at you. How anyone could fight with the restricted view and sensory overload is beyond me. Only thing I could think of was maybe they fought at a slower pace but that can...
- Thu November 28th, 2013, 10:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading? November 2013
- Replies: 91
- Views: 6064
I'm reading Purity of Blood by Arturo Perez-Revrte. Book 2 of 7 set in the Golden Age of Spain, a period and place I'm not familiar with , The tales follow Captain Alatriste a sword for hire. Translated from Spanish 2000's I'm finding these a nice change, one thing shines through Spain was a dangero...
- Sat November 23rd, 2013, 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Now?
- Replies: 1456
- Views: 113230
- Thu November 14th, 2013, 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading? November 2013
- Replies: 91
- Views: 6064
I started the latest Burton and Swinburne novel " The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi " by Mark Hodder. It's an Alternative HF and this time Mr Hodder has turned the events of the previous books upside down. I first heard of Burton in Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series and had to find out more about thi...
- Sun November 10th, 2013, 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading? November 2013
- Replies: 91
- Views: 6064
Started S J A Turney's Hades Gate yesterday. Book 5 in the Marius's Mules series and a great read it is too. Seems like a good guy as well, keeps his Ebook prices low as he thinks books are getting overpriced. Has a point saw one yesterday that was cheaper in Hardback on Amazon than for Kindle by al...
- Wed October 30th, 2013, 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Reading? October 2013
- Replies: 128
- Views: 10909
Started The Arthuriad by Francis Hagan. It was reduced for Kindle on Amazon. Not bad at all , a fantasy set in Britain as imagined by Robert E Howard for his Bran Mak Morn series later added to by Karl E Wagner. So no knights in shining armour or round tables but a mishmash of Celts, Huns, Saxons an...
- Mon October 28th, 2013, 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Whats your Cut-Off Point ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1541
- Mon October 28th, 2013, 12:49 am
- Forum: E-Readers and E-Book Issues
- Topic: Dedicated e-readers waste of money?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2943
Was given a loan of an old Kindle no light, keyboard or speakers or pictures for that matter. We were working in Aberdeen and sleeping in the car so leaving the light on was a no no. With my tablet I could do white text on black not an option on the old Kindle. Use the tablet you say! damn cigarette...