“The Age of Napoleon,” by Will & Ariel Durant
“The Age of Napoleon,” by Will & Ariel Durant is regarded as “an amazing book,” by Tesla & SpaceX Founder Elon Musk, but does it hold up to the ole Fletcher Dilmore book review test? My respect for Napoleon Bonaparte has grown tremendously after reading, “The Age of Napoleon,” by Will & Ariel Durant. It’s […]
“Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918” by: by Louis Barthas
“Poilu,” by Louis Barthas is on the greatest accounts of the War To End All Wars, and one of the few from the perspective of a French Corporal constantly assigned to the trenches. I’ve read quite a lot of books on The Great War, first hand accounts and some fail to convey the true horrors […]