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submitted 11 months ago by ta9876543205@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I am reading Dongri to Dubai by S. Hussain Zaidi.

Growing up in Mumbai in the 1980s/90s, I remember reading news stories about the Mumbai gang wars.

This book covers that in great detail and as such qualifies as a genuine history book.

And yet, it reads like a potboiler. It is essentially unputdownable.

10/10

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[–] Silverburst8@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Chronicles by Jean Froissart. A very readable account of the Hundred Years’ War

I’d also recommend Dan Jones’ books The Templars and Crusaders.

Marc Morris and Ian Mortimer also have great medieval history books

[–] PMG47@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Also Jonathan Sumption's multi-volume history of the Hundred Years War.