Thursday Reading and Recommendations is intended as bookish free-for-all, for the discussion and recommendation of all books historical, or tangentially so. Suggested topics include, but are by no means limited to:
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion of history and books, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
Any books on the lived experience of an average citizen of Constantinople somewhere around the Macedonian dynasty? What they'd eat, how they'd live, where they'd work, that kind of stuff. Mary Beard's Meet the Romans but for 9th century Byzantium, basically.
Are there any good books about (even if not limited to) Æthelflæd?
Does anyone know any good theoretical works relating to writing histories involving Native American/First Nations peoples (or non theoretical works that touch on the matter)? One of the subjects I'm considering for my thesis next year would invovle Native American/First Nations history, so I do want to try to be up to date with the potential issues in that field, but it's not something covered in European Universities, so I don't much know where to start.
Any good books about the schism of the Catholic and Orthodox churches in 1054?
Hi there, attempting to begin a proposal and looking for some stuff on 19thC small wars, allready got the Skull of Alum Bheg, anything on the Anglo-Persian war would be especially grand. Have basic farsi ability, so archival stuff isnt out of the realms of possibility.
Any good recommendations for books on the troubles or the Irish Civil War after the easter rising? Also im looking for something about fidel castro