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Review Date: 2/1/2021
This book covers events and conditions in England the year 1066 and is not limited to covering just the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror. The author draws upon 20 main sources dating from 1050-1245, e.g., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1066-67), Doomsday Book (1086), other contemporary sources. Readable, informative, rewarding to anyone interested in this period and place.
Review Date: 6/22/2012
Helpful Score: 1
Raymond Ganttner's descriptions take you with him, where he went, what he saw, and shares his thoughts, fears, and emotions throughout his experiences as a WWII grunt. He quotes extensively from the notes and letters he wrote about his time behind and on the front lines written from his foxholes. Through his eyes you see what he saw, his reflections help you feel what it was like to be there. The war he experienced was not glamorous. He shares with you his own personal experiences of his tiny part of a big and terrible war.
Secret Yankees : The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta (War/Society/Culture)
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Review Date: 1/10/2023
Very interesting story of the Union loyalists living in Atlanta leading up to and through the Civil War.
Review Date: 5/1/2022
Helpful Score: 1
I, like many of the other reviewers, am a fan of Erik Larson's writing. I was fascinated with how he wove the two stories of Marconi and Crippen in parallel till Marconi's work climaxed with the ended of Crippen's story. Having read a few of the negative or lukewarm reviews, in my opinion, they speak more to the reviewers' taste in writing rather than the quality of story telling and the story told in this book. This like Larson's other books read so much better than fiction!!!
Review Date: 5/4/2009
Helpful Score: 3
In this book the author draws materials from many of his other WWII books and presents an overview of the European theater during WWII from the time Eisenhower took command until the German surrender. Even though I had read all those books, except "D-Day", I still enjoyed his re-telling. He shares the war from the viewpoint of the men who served on the front lines. I especially recommend this book as a first read for anyone who thinks they might want to read an Ambrose WWII history. Once you finish it you will probably want to follow up with his "Peagsus Bridge", "Band of Brothers", "Citizen Soldiers", ...
If you have already read these books, especially if it has been awhile, I think you would enjoy his updates to some of the things you read in his earlier works and see how well he weaves his overviews of the re-told stories together his coverage of events he did not touch on earlier.
If you have already read these books, especially if it has been awhile, I think you would enjoy his updates to some of the things you read in his earlier works and see how well he weaves his overviews of the re-told stories together his coverage of events he did not touch on earlier.
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