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[ewx]

I notice that today is an anniversary of the birthday of Bernardo O'Higgins, the gloriously named Chilean revolutionary leader. (He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish officer of Irish origin.)

I've always been interested in history (though I didn't care much for history lessons), but the last few years my reading has been dominated by history books, and this shows no sign of changing any time soon. I'm currently backlogged by whole cultures worth of reading compared to what I've bought, never mind individual books; and by the time I catch up with that I'll have picked up any number of side-interests along the way.

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[sphyg.livejournal.com]

I find myself being more and more interested in various bits of history. Which books/cultures do you recommend?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

What bits are you interested in? I've probably read more about the Romans, Britain, and WWI/WWII than anything else. John Julius Norwhich's three volumes on the Byzantine Empire is very readable (so is Gibbon but he's much more verbose and of course is at a two hundred year disadvantage to modern historians). Come round and pick over my history bookshelf some time if you like.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

> Which bits are you interested in?

All of it ;P I'll take up your offer in October.