Current Reading: October 2023

Finished reading a very good The Road to Culloden Moor: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the '45 Rebellion by Diana Preston.

Just finished Canadian Airmen and the First World War. Very good and readable. Sandwiched between discussions of Canadian air policy and the failed attempts to establish a Canadian Air Force at the beginning of and end of WW1 is a comprehensive history of the British air services in the war enlivened by the experiences of Canadian airmen serving in them.

Started Flukten med Norges Gull (Escape with Norway's Gold - unfortunately I don't think it has been translated into English). About the only thing that went right for the Norwegians when Germany invaded in 1940 was the spiriting of Norway's gold reserves out of Oslo, across the country, up the coast to Tromsø and ultimately to the US barely one step ahead of the Germans. So far a thrilling story.

Finished The Dutch Revolt by Geoffrey Parker earlier this week. It’s a good, concise history of the war up to the Twelve Years’ Truce.

Completed The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America's Forgotten Military Disaster by Michael M. Greenburg. It was interesting as I knew nothing about this military operation in the American Revolutionary War, but the writing was a bit over the top. Still, not bad if you are interested in the subject.

Wrapped up The Secret Horsepower Race, a history of the aircraft engine development in WWII that's all it's cracked up to be.

>5 Shrike58: Sounds like a book I'd be very interested in, thanks for posting.

Finished Washington's Revolutionary War Generals, another typically good study by the author, this time giving the reader an examination how the Continental Army's command organization was populated, and how those men either prospered or failed over time.

Finished a very good Britain at War with the Asante Nation 1823-1900: 'The White Man's Grave' by Stephen Manning.

Finished Flukten med Norges Gull, which held my interest all the way through. For change of pace and venue I have started War at Every Door which covers the guerilla war in East Kentucky during and after the Civil War.

Started The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg. Needed a break from the 21st century.

Wrapped up Days of Steel Rain, a combat history of USS "Astoria" (CL 90), an exercise in trying to recapture of the experience meant to the men who served in her.

>5 Shrike58: I picked up a copy of the The Secret Horsepower Race and am really enjoying it.

>12 jztemple: Cool. There have been other books written about engines, but not in this depth by someone who was a practitioner.