Originally written and published in 1610 by Ridolfo Caro Ferro, a new edition with an introduction and glossary came out in 2004. This later version forms the basis of this edition and has a new introduction and a revised glossary. Also the language has been modernised in this new edition to make it more accessible. Ridolfo Caro Ferro’s book is considered to be the definitive work on the Italian rapier. The language is very evocative of the time it was written, but is concise and much more modern and vivid than you’d expect. Ridolfo sets out a statement of intent early on in the text - “There is nothing in the world that Nature…regards with greater foresight and more diligence than the preservation of self.” The aim of fencing, he writes, is the “defence of oneself” and that defence is its main aim. He begins with the basics and describes the various different parts of the rapier’s blade, the necessary positions of parts of the body and the finer points of striking. One.. Read more
NetGalley, Wyn Lewis
Originally written and published in 1610 by Ridolfo Caro Ferro, a new edition with an introduction and glossary came out in 2004. This later version forms the basis of this edition and has a new introduction and a revised glossary. Also the language has been modernised in this new edition to make it more accessible. Ridolfo Caro Ferro’s book is considered to be the definitive work on the Italian rapier. The language is very evocative of the time it was written, but is concise and much more modern and vivid than you’d expect. Ridolfo sets out a statement of intent early on in the text - “There is nothing in the world that Nature…regards with greater foresight and more diligence than the preservation of self.” The aim of fencing, he writes, is the “defence of oneself” and that defence is its main aim. He begins with the basics and describes the various different parts of the rapier’s blade, the necessary positions of parts of the body and the finer points of striking. One.. Read more
NetGalley, Wyn Lewis
I am usually a bit wary about alternative histories, but this book is excellent, and the stories are very plausible; one actually brought an ironic smile to my face when I realised who the author was writing about, just in the last sentence, very neatly done and enjoyable, going from a ‘you can’t really be serious about this’ to ‘yes, OK, I see it now’. Just as a good story should. The writing is good and easy for even the most lay person to follow with ease. Obviously, I won’t know how you would receive this but several of these stories did actually leaved me thinking – well, what if…….!
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/hitler-triumphant-edited-by-peter-g-tsouras.304898/]here[/link]
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
I am usually a bit wary about alternative histories, but this book is excellent, and the stories are very plausible; one actually brought an ironic smile to my face when I realised who the author was writing about, just in the last sentence, very neatly done and enjoyable, going from a ‘you can’t really be serious about this’ to ‘yes, OK, I see it now’. Just as a good story should. The writing is good and easy for even the most lay person to follow with ease. Obviously, I won’t know how you would receive this but several of these stories did actually leaved me thinking – well, what if…….!
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/hitler-triumphant-edited-by-peter-g-tsouras.304898/]here[/link]
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This is, without doubt, one of the most remarkable and memorable first hand accounts that I’ve read. In relatively recent years, I’ve come to realise that the school version of the Second World War taught in the 1950s and 60s was a very particular narrative, taught by those who’d lived through it as British subjects and many still saw Germans as the enemy. We were told of the Blitz on British cities, but reciprocal action like the bombing of Hamburg where 50000, mainly civilians, were killed in a single night, were totally ignored. I find it astonishing that a maritime disaster on an epic scale, over 9000 lost, is almost totally unknown. Screams of the Drowning gives an often harrowing but honest account of events. The book has a very personal feel; I believe the translation is true to the original and I found the introduction really helpful in terms of putting the narrative into context. There’s a real flow to the story, which starts with Hans Fackler’s.. Read more
NetGalley, Anita Wallas
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This is, without doubt, one of the most remarkable and memorable first hand accounts that I’ve read. In relatively recent years, I’ve come to realise that the school version of the Second World War taught in the 1950s and 60s was a very particular narrative, taught by those who’d lived through it as British subjects and many still saw Germans as the enemy. We were told of the Blitz on British cities, but reciprocal action like the bombing of Hamburg where 50000, mainly civilians, were killed in a single night, were totally ignored. I find it astonishing that a maritime disaster on an epic scale, over 9000 lost, is almost totally unknown. Screams of the Drowning gives an often harrowing but honest account of events. The book has a very personal feel; I believe the translation is true to the original and I found the introduction really helpful in terms of putting the narrative into context. There’s a real flow to the story, which starts with Hans Fackler’s.. Read more
NetGalley, Anita Wallas
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
A fantastic read. I was interested from the first page all the way to the last. I wasn't bored and felt like I had a bunch of facts just thrown at me. Never random, I enjoyed reading this book.
NetGalley, Norma Carroll
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
A fantastic read. I was interested from the first page all the way to the last. I wasn't bored and felt like I had a bunch of facts just thrown at me. Never random, I enjoyed reading this book.
NetGalley, Norma Carroll
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars The scope of the experiences of Erhard Steineger is truly huge! From the start of the war in 1940 in his hometown to the end in 1945 the whole horrible tragedies of war are honestly offered. Erhard served with a signal division that did much more than just communicate via telephone and code. They fought battles with enemy soldiers who had broken through to the rear and were attacking with desperation. This book is not political in discourse and its truly only a soldiers story. The brutality of war and the strange coincidences of battle are described almost so well that I felt I was there in the trench. Or hiding in the bunkers with the others waiting for the horror to end. This book is remarkable IMO for the reason that the honest feelings and ideas of the people of the time are given without sugar coating or attempting to rewrite history . If you want to read a real story of the hell of the Eastern Front through Barbarossa to the end in 1945 then this true.. Read more
NetGalley, Patrick Carmen
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars The scope of the experiences of Erhard Steineger is truly huge! From the start of the war in 1940 in his hometown to the end in 1945 the whole horrible tragedies of war are honestly offered. Erhard served with a signal division that did much more than just communicate via telephone and code. They fought battles with enemy soldiers who had broken through to the rear and were attacking with desperation. This book is not political in discourse and its truly only a soldiers story. The brutality of war and the strange coincidences of battle are described almost so well that I felt I was there in the trench. Or hiding in the bunkers with the others waiting for the horror to end. This book is remarkable IMO for the reason that the honest feelings and ideas of the people of the time are given without sugar coating or attempting to rewrite history . If you want to read a real story of the hell of the Eastern Front through Barbarossa to the end in 1945 then this true.. Read more
NetGalley, Patrick Carmen
Enemy Coast Ahead
Prior to World War Two, Wing Commander Guy Gibson joined the Royal Air Force. In 1944, he wrote down his experience of serving in the RAF. Aged just 25, Gibson had completed two full tours, each of 30 operations, with Bomber Command, and had led the now-famous Dam Busters raid against the dams of the Ruhr Valley in May 1943. He died aged 26 in 1944,… Read more...
