A late arrival yesterday is @Balkan_Dave’s new book on the Ottoman-Russian-Austrian War of the 1730s. Dave knows his stuff: see podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... for a later Russo-Turkish War. 🇷🇺 🇦🇹 🇹🇷 📚 #histbookchat

A Hessian (and Waldecker) morning. 3 books from my dealer in York. I’ve become fascinated by the Germans who travel to fight in the American revolt. I blame @kabinettskriege.bsky.social and the Prime & Load podcast 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 📚 #histbookchat

Have heard mixed reviews of this book but it covers a subject I’m very interested in so I’ll take a risk… ⚔️ 📚 #histbookchat

An online order. I really enjoyed Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire series and it was sad to hear of his death. Here’s an anthology of alternate history stories to honour the man himself. 📚 #alternatehistory

Let’s see what Captain Moiret makes of his ‘holiday’ to Egypt with Napoleon Travel. Memoirs found in a charity book shop. 🇫🇷 🇪🇬 📚 #histbookchat

My impression of Louis XVI has always been of a hapless chap overwhelmed by events and on his best day just bobbing along on their tides. Let’s see what Hardman can do to change my mind… 🇫🇷 👑 📚 #histbookchat

It’s here! @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social’s book on the most efficient users of the political guillotine. As the Tories settle down to a period of consistent leadership after the tumult of Cameron to Sunak (move over French Revolution!) I’m looking forward to getting into this. #histbookchat

More 18th century Russian content from Isabel de Madariaga from a charity shop… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat

Still selling dozens of books on my eBay. Lots of FWW & SWW; a lot of fiction; some Big Finish Doctor Who cds; some US Civil War and even some 17th century history. Have a browse ebay.us/m/d81MEC #histbookchat

I think I might be testing the limits of my understanding by taking David Deutsch’s book out to the garden with a glass of Finnish porter but I intend to try! 📚 🍻 🏡 #readingndrinking

Some politics this morning: this was recommended to me awhile ago and I spotted it in a secondhand book shop. The development of intellectual conservatism (which has taken a bit of a beating in recent years) through a series of key thinkers… 📚

Finally found a sensibly priced secondhand copy of this to go with my Forgotten Heroes of the Charge of the Heavy Brigade. 🐴 ⚔️ 🇬🇧 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat

Tonight I am mostly drinking Gordon & MacPhail in the Soho Whisky Club

A late delivery (to my place of work for a change) - Mohawks on the Nile. Now there’s an image to conjure with… 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇪🇬 🇸🇩 #histbookchat

I’m going out into the garden now and I maybe some time… reading a Brief History of Time. #readingndrinking

Have passed into an Alternate Reality and here is the traditional proof! #alternatehistory

More memoirs from Leonaur: The retreat to Corunna and women under arms… 📚 #histbookchat

June’s Helion Books’ Reason to Revolution new publications have arrived! 📚 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇷🇺 🇫🇷 #histbookchat

More secondhand Peninsula memoirs gathered up. This time a cavalry surgeon… 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 📚 #histbookchat

Back to the French Revolution with the latest purchase… 🇫🇷 📚 #histbookchat

Spending the afternoon constructively before the natives descend on the local watering hole this evening for their sport…

I have never read any Jane Austen even though I have watched lots. I keep talking about buying one. Well I went a little overboard in the end. I can’t resist a good @foliosociety set and I spotted these secondhand… 📚

A belated birthday gift from a friend. Bought because it mentions Teddy but the timing of a book gift about a lethal heatwave couldn’t be more timely! ☀️ 🌆 📚 #histbookchat

This Finnish beer is both drunk and undrunk until I look in the glass. This is the important lesson learned reading about Schrodinger’s Cat this evening… #readingndrinking

I’ve been hunting this one for awhile. Syrett is the shipping & navy guy for the Revolution. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 📚 🌊 ⛵️ #histbookchat

Exploring the mysteries of the universe in brief. The unexplained dark matter is chilled Pedro Ximenez. #readingndrinking

A great talk at the Civil Service Club with Paul Brueske at the #acwrtuk today

More War of the Spanish Succession content with this review of a single year by Darryl Dee… 📚 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 #histbookchat

Afternoon off on a Friday? Sit in the Surprise pub in Chelsea, with a pint of Surprise, and be surprised and amused by Randall Monroe’s explanations of mad science questions. #readingndrinking

Was at the free @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social Friday talk given by the great Sir Lawrence Freedman. Sorry to say he was taken ill before the end. I wish him a speedy recovery - it was very very warm in there today!