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Hmm I read a bunch of college books printed in the 60s and 70s before I started my history courses. I really eat that stuff up so I think I'll look up some of the books suggested to you out of my own curioisity. I doubt any of the books I read would help you though, their out of date and probably biased in ways I don't understand.
has anyone read "1421, The Year China Discovered the World"? I can't recall right off who wrote it, but it looked really interesting. Other history books I've been looking at are "By the Sword" which is a history of the sword in every culture that developed their own variation of it, European, Oriental, South American, ect...; "The Real Middle Earth" a book about the "magic" of early mediavel England, and Starkey's "Six Wives" about the Wives of Henry VIII. Has anyone read any of these?
I second this recommendation. I read this book and learned so much about American history, but again its really liberal. But that is why you should read it. (Shhh... I might be getting political)Quote:
Originally Posted by star blue
I'm reading Elizabeth and Mary, very good. These people had no problem chopping heads off, even 16 Year old Lady Jane Grey's.