A Journey Through History

Everyone
liked last month’s book ‘Empress Dowager.’ The book was readable and seemed well documented. However, several of the group said there was too much diplomatic trivia and court protocol cluttering up the narrative in places.

In November we will be covering Pre-republican china to read a drastically new interpretation of China’s last Empress who ruled china behind the scenes (the only way a woman could) from 1861 her death in 1908.

Our October book also deals with Middle Eastern History and brings us forward 300 years from the year 687 to 1187, to the Third Crusade.

A spirited discussion marked our June meeting between defenders and opponents of former President Richard Nixon. However everyone criticized the slanted presentation by the authors, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan in ‘The Arrogance of Power’.

REVIEW ‘MY BATTLE OF ALGIERS: A MEMOIR”

Don Queen, Email: queens@pacbell.net

The group will be reviewing “Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s most Perilous Year.” This month by month political and military history begins on January 1, 1862 just nine months after Lincoln’s election with a 37% popular vote (the lowes

We urge you to read this fine book which thanks to NLS we discuss below:
Double cross: the true story of the D-day spies DB 75277
Macintyre, Ben. Reading time: 12 hours, 24 minutes.
Read by Gregory Maupin.