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Recent Reads
- Western Way of War by Victor David Hanson
- Jefferson Davis, American by Willam J. Cooper, Jr.
  Highly recommended, great biography.
- Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson : A Study in Character by Roger G. Kennedy
  Recommended, but difficult to read.
- Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America by Thomas Fleming
  Recommended.
- Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred Anderson
  Recommended.
- A People's Army : Massachusett Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War by Fred Anderson
  Highly recommended, but probably has limited appeal.
- When Christ and His Saints Slept
  by Sharon Kay Penman.
  Highly recommended.
- The Brothers of Gwynedd: Comprising, Sunrise in the West, The Dragon at Noonday, The Hounds of Sunset, Afterglow and Nightfall
  by Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters)
  Highly recommended.
- How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
  Highly recommended -the title is a bit of hyperbole, but a fascinating book nonetheless.
- Liberty Men and Great Proprietors The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760-1820 by Alan Taylor
  Highly recommended.
- Strong of Body, Brave, and Noble by Constance Brittain Bouchard.
  Highly recommended.
- Walker Percy: The Last Catholic Novelist by Kieran Quinlan.
  Recommended.
- Thank God My Regiment An African One: The Civil War Diary of Colonel Nathan W. Daniels Ed. C.P. Weaver.
  Highly recommended.
- Eamon De Valera: The Man Who Made Ireland by Tim Pat Coogan.
  Highly recommended, but probably of limited appeal.
- Citizen Soldiers by Stephen C. Ambrose.
  Indifferent
- Three Roads to the Alamo by William C. Davis.
  Highly recommended.
- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.
  Recommended.
- Jefferson Davis: A memoir by his wife Varina Davis, Vol.2.
  Recommended, but has limited appeal.
- Caesar: A Novel by Colleen McCullough.
  Highly recommended.
- Redcoat by Bernard Cornwell.
  Highly recommended.
- The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx.
  Recommended.
- Jefferson Davis: A memoir by his wife Varina Davis, Vol. 1.
  Recommended - but limited appeal.
- Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell.
  Indifferent.
- Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow.
  Highly recommended.
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Favorites
- Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series:
  - First Man in Rome
  - The Grass Crown
  - Fortune's Favorites
  - Caesar's Women
  - Caesar: A Novel
    McCullough's characterizations are vivid and the plots intriguing. Each book is long and starts slow to set the stage, but the pace quickens. Because of their breadth, one drawback is reading them as they are issued. The interval between books means some of the links between books fade.
- Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe Novels:
- Ellis Peters's Brother Cadfael Chronicles:
  - A Morbid Taste for Bones (I)
  - One Corpse Too Many (II)
  - Monks-Hood (III)
  - The Leper of St. Giles (IV)
  - St. Peter's Fair (V)
  - The Virgin in the Ice (VI)
  - The Santuary Sparrow (VII)
  - The Devil's Novice (VIII)
  - Dead Man's Ransom (IX)
  - The Pilgrim of Hate (X)
  - An Excellent Mystery (XI)
  - The Raven in the Foregate (XII)
  - The Rose Rent (XIII)
  - The Hermit of Eyton Forest (XIV)
  - The Confession of Brother Haluin (XV)
  - The Heretic's Apprentice (XVI)
  - The Potter's Field (XVII)
  - The Summer of the Danes (XVIII)
  - The Holy Thief (XIX)
  - Brother Cadfael's Penance (XX)
  - A Rare Benedictine
- Journey to the End of the Night by Céline.
  Funny, poignant, and chock-filled with great quips. Gets a bit dreary near the end.
- Margaret Thatcher:
  - Downing Street Years
  - Path to Power
- Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow.
  The best legal thriller ever.
- Cathie Pelletier
  - The Weight of Winter
    A great piece of American literature.
  - The Funeral Makers
  - Beaming Sonny Home
- Thomas B. Costain
  - White and the Gold
  - The Three Edwards
  - The Conquerors (Out-of Print, Available from Barnes and Noble Out of Print Services).
  - The Magnificent Century
  - The Last Plantagenets
- Antonia Fraser
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- Disappointments
  - Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy.
  - The Pinball Effect : How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys Through Knowledge by James Burke(Editor)
  - In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais

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