Jul. 13th, 2004
A Shot in the Dark
Jul. 13th, 2004 10:43 amBecause you are all such well-read, intelligent folks, I turn to you, my collected friends, for book selections. I've been doing a heck of a lot of non-fiction reading these days. And I'm using our public library more than I probably have since we moved to Brookline 9 years ago. So now I'm looking for suggestions of books to read on the following subjects:
-- The sack of Rome
-- Medieval France (I figure I've read about the Bourbon kings and am now reading about the period through the Merovingian kings, so I need something to bridge the historical gap)
-- Development of European country boundaries up to the Middle Ages (I keep getting stymied while reading these books on French history because the books don't include maps, and I'm very, very, very fond of maps).
Eh, and toss in anything else you think I should read. My to-read list is extensive, but I'm always looking to add to it.
(yeah, I'm a big, honkin' history geek. I admit it.)
-- The sack of Rome
-- Medieval France (I figure I've read about the Bourbon kings and am now reading about the period through the Merovingian kings, so I need something to bridge the historical gap)
-- Development of European country boundaries up to the Middle Ages (I keep getting stymied while reading these books on French history because the books don't include maps, and I'm very, very, very fond of maps).
Eh, and toss in anything else you think I should read. My to-read list is extensive, but I'm always looking to add to it.
(yeah, I'm a big, honkin' history geek. I admit it.)
Thomas Jefferson meets the Copy Editor
Jul. 13th, 2004 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stakebait's posting of excerpts from the Declaration inspired me to post this: http://www.luc.edu/faculty/owitte/copyedit/8bJeffer.pdfIt's a PDF, so it might need to be downloaded. But it's historically accurate (as far as I can tell) and is funny, in its own way. :-)
Yeah, I appear to be Spam Girl today. No real clue why.
