Four Days, Three Armies, and a Great Read
As usual, I am always looking for something new to read, but I am often disappointed. I feel like written material is now taking a back seat to visual material. Odd for me to say as my professional background is film and animation production. Most of the time I have at least two books going at the same time, usually something more scholarly, historic, perhaps practical, or theoretical, and then something in the fantasy/sci-fi genre so the brain can unwind and disconnect from the data of the former. So, here I am reading F.F. Bruce's "Are the New Testament Documents Reliable," which is an excellent read in itself, published originally in 1943, but Bruce updated as new discoveries were made. About halfway through I think, I need something a little less scholarly to rest the little grey cells. I think that would actually upset Poirot, resting the little grey cells. Anyway, I stumble upon Bernard Cornwell's account of the battle of Waterloo, " Waterloo: The Histor