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Nah. I'm a narrative historian. I'm fascinated by quirks, or people, who shift the course of history in a moment. That makes for good longform/threads but not books. I leave those to experts!
No one will pay me for that but c'est la vie! More stuff here:
medium.com/@garius
No one will pay me for that but c'est la vie! More stuff here:
medium.com/@garius
You may also enjoy my recent thread on the Royal Navy and scurvy.
Thanks for the follow!
Thanks for the follow!
Basically I love how history often revolves around things that are SO OBVIOUS in hindsight, but rely on lots of individual strands coming together in the right way.
I think it's the way they should teach it in school, and it's a real shame that they don't.
I think it's the way they should teach it in school, and it's a real shame that they don't.
And that's really my goal, if I have one at all, other than "here's a cool thing that amazed me!"
To show adults who maybe skipped over history at school that there's SO MUCH DEPTH to it as a subject, so much fun to it, and so much RELEVANCY to our daily lives.
To show adults who maybe skipped over history at school that there's SO MUCH DEPTH to it as a subject, so much fun to it, and so much RELEVANCY to our daily lives.
I write gateway drugs. If just one person who has read any of my stuff, whether it's on the Knights, British space programme, scurvy, Cold War alerts, D-Day weather or WHATEVER is intrigued enough to go out and buy a PROPER historian's book on it...
...then I'm a happy bunny.
...then I'm a happy bunny.
Also, that most of the time you don't need to dress history up in:
"Inspired by true events"
or lots of sweeping soundtracks and celebrity commentary.
The REAL stories are buried in the tiny, moments of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Just because they have to.
"Inspired by true events"
or lots of sweeping soundtracks and celebrity commentary.
The REAL stories are buried in the tiny, moments of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Just because they have to.
On that note, I should recommend some books / proper historians to gateway into.
@DrJaninaRamirez obviously. @CapitolClio's Destination Casablanca is an absolute touch. Bruce Ware Allen on Knights Malta and @navy1944 for Tin Can Sailors, one of the finest books I've ever read.
@DrJaninaRamirez obviously. @CapitolClio's Destination Casablanca is an absolute touch. Bruce Ware Allen on Knights Malta and @navy1944 for Tin Can Sailors, one of the finest books I've ever read.
