Hello Readers.
Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.
Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.
To Read Instead
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
Crecy by Michael Livingston
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
Out of the Past by Aaron Worth
Redcoat by Richard Holmes
Tommy by Richard Holmes
The Black Death by Philip Ziegler
To Watch Instead
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Contagion (2011)
Conclave (2024)
We will see you in September for our next episode and you can find out what the War Bore thought about next months read and what else he read instead.
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