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1asukamaxwell
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24 books read last year! Hope I can read more this year!
1.) The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
2.) Peasant Prince by Alex Storozynski
3.) Braddock's Defeat by David Preston
4.) The Search for Cleopatra by Michael Foss
5.)The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William Davis
6.) Tyburn's Martyrs by Andrea McKenzie
7.) In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman Cantor
8.) The Venetians by Paul Strathern
9.) Wreck of the Medusa by Jonathan Miles
10.) Pennsylvania Associators by Joseph Seymour
11.) Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius by Laurence Bergreen
12.) Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides
13.) Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Asti Hustvedt
14.)The Fever of 1721 by Stephen Coss
15.) War on the Run by John F. Ross
16.) Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist
17.) Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
18.) The Alchemist in Literature: From Dante to the Present by Theodore Ziolkowski
19.) Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
20.)She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves by Hannah Priest
21.) Napoleon's Troublesome Americans by Peter Hill
22.) Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan
23.) Scratch of a Pen by Colin Calloway
24.) Papillon (P.S.) by Henri Charriere
25.) Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid by Wendy Williams
26.) The Philosophy of Horror by Thomas Fahy
27.) Lord of the Dead by Tom Holland
28.)Lavoisier in the Year One by Madison Smart Bell
29.)Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy by Ronald Fritze
30.) Haunted Presence: The Numinous in Gothic Fiction by S.L. Varnado
31.) Justinian's Flea by William Rosen
32.) Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England: A Regional and Comparative Study by Alan MacFarlane
33.) A Professor, a President, and a Meteor by Cathryn J. Prince
34.) The Bewitching of Anne Gunter: A Horrible and True Story of Deception, Witchcraft, Murder, and the King of England by James Sharpe
35.) Cholera: The Victorian Plague by Amanda Thomas
36.) Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick
37.) The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America by John Demos
38.) The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
39.) Maconochie's Gentlemen by Norval Morris
40.) Wine and War by Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
41.) Making Big Money in 1600: The Life and Times of Isma'Il Abu Taqiyya, Egyptian Merchant by Nelly Hanna
42.) Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman by Gary Kates
43.) Witches of America by Alex Mar
44.) Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music by Jane Glover
45.) American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen
46.) Black New Orleans, 1860-1880 by John Blassingame
47.) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
48.) Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves
49.)The Trial of Madame Caillaux by Edward Berensen
50.) Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
24 books read last year! Hope I can read more this year!
1.) The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
2.) Peasant Prince by Alex Storozynski
3.) Braddock's Defeat by David Preston
4.) The Search for Cleopatra by Michael Foss
5.)
6.) Tyburn's Martyrs by Andrea McKenzie
7.) In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman Cantor
8.) The Venetians by Paul Strathern
9.) Wreck of the Medusa by Jonathan Miles
10.) Pennsylvania Associators by Joseph Seymour
11.) Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius by Laurence Bergreen
12.) Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides
13.) Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Asti Hustvedt
14.)
15.) War on the Run by John F. Ross
16.) Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist
17.) Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
18.)
19.) Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
20.)
21.) Napoleon's Troublesome Americans by Peter Hill
22.) Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan
23.) Scratch of a Pen by Colin Calloway
24.) Papillon (P.S.) by Henri Charriere
25.) Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid by Wendy Williams
26.) The Philosophy of Horror by Thomas Fahy
27.) Lord of the Dead by Tom Holland
28.)
29.)
30.) Haunted Presence: The Numinous in Gothic Fiction by S.L. Varnado
31.) Justinian's Flea by William Rosen
32.) Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England: A Regional and Comparative Study by Alan MacFarlane
33.) A Professor, a President, and a Meteor by Cathryn J. Prince
34.) The Bewitching of Anne Gunter: A Horrible and True Story of Deception, Witchcraft, Murder, and the King of England by James Sharpe
35.) Cholera: The Victorian Plague by Amanda Thomas
36.) Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick
37.) The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America by John Demos
38.) The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
39.) Maconochie's Gentlemen by Norval Morris
40.) Wine and War by Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
41.) Making Big Money in 1600: The Life and Times of Isma'Il Abu Taqiyya, Egyptian Merchant by Nelly Hanna
42.) Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman by Gary Kates
43.) Witches of America by Alex Mar
44.) Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music by Jane Glover
45.) American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen
46.) Black New Orleans, 1860-1880 by John Blassingame
47.) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
48.) Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves
49.)
50.) Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
2asukamaxwell
Finished reading The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William Davis
Pages: 720
Words: nolle prosses, mizzenmast, ketch
Notes: Too many for here.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
3asukamaxwell
Finished reading The Trial of Madame Caillaux by Edward Berenson
Pages: 247
Words:
Notes: Too many for here.
Rating: 4 out of 5
4asukamaxwell
Finished reading The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics by Stephen Coss
Pages: 368
Words: martinet
Notes: Too many for here. "Memorable Providences: Relating to Witchcraft and Possessions by Cotton Mather" "A Letter to an Eminent Clergyman"
Rating: 4 out of 5
5asukamaxwell
Finished reading Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy by Ronald Fritze
Pages: 464
Words:
Notes: Too many for here. "An Appeal to the Antiquarians of Europe on the Destruction of the Monuments of Egypt" by George Gliddon
Rating: 4 out of 5
6asukamaxwell
Finished reading The Alchemist in Literature: From Dante to the Present by Theodore Ziolkowski
Pages: 240
Words:
Notes: Too many for here.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
7asukamaxwell
Finished reading Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution by Madison Smartt Bell
Pages: 190
Words: none
Notes: Too many for here.
Rating: 3 out of 5
8asukamaxwell
Finished reading She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves by Hannah Priest.
Pages: 231
Words:
Notes: Too many for here.
Rating: 4 out of 5
