For the history buffs out there,
I read "freebie" books (we have a book exchange at the E-club on San Clemente Island when I'm out there)
and the last one that really really impressed me was
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. The tactics and equipment are fairly believable on both sides, brings life into the now infamous (Amazon uses the term "epic") battle of Thermopylae, where 300 or less Spartans were pitted against multiple thousands of men of the armies of the Persian empire.
Really good read.
I've read other stuff, but that one deserves to be mentioned.
John P.
I read "freebie" books (we have a book exchange at the E-club on San Clemente Island when I'm out there)
and the last one that really really impressed me was
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. The tactics and equipment are fairly believable on both sides, brings life into the now infamous (Amazon uses the term "epic") battle of Thermopylae, where 300 or less Spartans were pitted against multiple thousands of men of the armies of the Persian empire.
Really good read.
I've read other stuff, but that one deserves to be mentioned.
John P.