for those that don't want to read it, HBO is making a series out of it. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atFX6keD95o"]YouTube - HBO Game of Thrones Clip Preview - November 28th - Third Teaser[/ame]
As usual, I have several books open tight now. Command a King's Ship by Alexander Kent -- Yet another in my attempt to read all of the novels from the great age of sail. This novel cycle is the biggest with over 25 books and possibly even better than the more famous Hornblower and Aubry/Maturin series. One Damned Blunder from Beginning to End by Gary Joiner -- The best history of the Red River Campaign of the Civil War. One of the least written about episodes of the War, it happened in Louisiana in the area where I grew up, and was one of the most impressive and decisive Confederate Victories of the War. The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell -- A historical novel of the Danish, Saxon, Viking, and Anglish petty kings of Britain before they were consolidated as Anglo-Saxon England. I can trace my ancestry to one of the Danelaw kings of Mercia.
"Goodwin Granger : The Rod Man from Denver" a historical account of a famous maker of bamboo fishing rods. Pretty boring unless you care about such things. Also "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton. A real swash-buckling tale that would make a really good movie! Just finished "The Associate" by John Grisham. Not one of his best. I can trace my family to a bunch of horse thieves. I'm so proud. :geaux:
