- 23 May 2021 14:07
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So my ancient history mood passed before I could be bothered with Alexander or Carthage. Lol.
Instead, I went for God's Shadow by Alan Mikhail: a biography of the wonderfully named Ottoman sultan Selim the Grim, which makes the case that the European settlement of the Americas can be understood as a crusade against Islam and the Ottomans. Ottoman history is something I basically know nothing about, so it was an excellent introduction.
Now, I'm taking a crack at The Silmarillion for the first time.
Instead, I went for God's Shadow by Alan Mikhail: a biography of the wonderfully named Ottoman sultan Selim the Grim, which makes the case that the European settlement of the Americas can be understood as a crusade against Islam and the Ottomans. Ottoman history is something I basically know nothing about, so it was an excellent introduction.
Now, I'm taking a crack at The Silmarillion for the first time.
"Perhaps you want me to die of unrelieved boredom while you keep talking." - Martin Luther