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Carrie

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A/k/a @waryarnspinner@mas.to :)

I read a mix of non-fiction (history, memoir, archaeology, anthropology, natural history, politics and language) and fiction (mostly historical and contemporary litfic, with a sprinkle of fantasy and suspense).

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Carrie rated The Battle That Stopped Rome: 5 stars

Peter S. Wells: The Battle That Stopped Rome (2004, W. W. Norton & Company)

The Battle That Stopped Rome by Peter S. Wells

Carrie rated Fortress of Fury: 3 stars

Matthew Harffy: Fortress of Fury (2021, Head of Zeus)

Fortress of Fury by Matthew Harffy (The Bernicia Chronicles, #7)

Beobrand is besieged in the action-packed instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles set in AD 647 Anglo-Saxon Britain. War hangs heavy …

Carrie rated Storm of Steel: 5 stars

Matthew Harffy, Barnaby Edwards: Storm of Steel (AudiobookFormat, 2019, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance)

Storm of Steel by Matthew Harffy, Barnaby Edwards

Carrie rated Warrior of Woden: 4 stars

No cover — Matthew Harffy: Warrior of Woden (2019, Head of Zeus)

Warrior of Woden by Matthew Harffy

Carrie rated Killer of Kings: 4 stars

Killer of Kings by Matthew Harffy

Carrie rated At Night All Blood Is Black: 5 stars

Anna Moschovakis, David Diop: At Night All Blood Is Black (Hardcover, 2020, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

At Night All Blood Is Black by Anna Moschovakis, David Diop

Carrie rated Cross and the Curse: 4 stars

Cross and the Curse by Matthew Harffy

Carrie rated Serpent Sword: 4 stars

Matthew Harffy: Serpent Sword (2018, Head of Zeus)

Serpent Sword by Matthew Harffy

Carrie rated Summary of Joan Didion's Miami: 5 stars

Summary of Joan Didion's Miami by Irb Media

Carrie rated Paisanos : los irlandeses olvidados que cambiaron la faz de Latinoamérica. - 1. edición: 4 stars

Tim Fanning, ichael D. Higgins: Paisanos : los irlandeses olvidados que cambiaron la faz de Latinoamérica. - 1. edición (2018, Luna Libros)

Paisanos : los irlandeses olvidados que cambiaron la faz de Latinoamérica. - 1. edición by Tim Fanning, ichael D. Higgins

Carrie rated Americanos: 5 stars

Americanos by John Charles Chasteen (Pivotal moments in world history)

Carrie rated Picts, a History: 3 stars

Picts, a History by Tim Clarkson

Carrie rated Forget the Alamo: 4 stars

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford: Forget the Alamo (Hardcover, 2021, Penguin Press)

Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford

Carrie rated Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles, Book 4): 4 stars

Bernard Cornwell: Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles, Book 4) (Hardcover, 2008, Harper)

Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles, Book 4) by Bernard Cornwell (Saxon Chronicles (4))

The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.Our hero, Uhtred, has been made Governor …

Carrie rated The Punch: 5 stars

John Feinstein: The Punch (Hardcover, 2002, Little, Brown)

The Punch by John Feinstein

When a fistfight broke out between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers one night in 1977, All-Star Rudy …