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Accuracy of osprey books
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04-18-2008, 08:37 PM
Quote:They are no better or worse than their author or illustrator.
I agree. Several are very good, but Shadows in the Desert. Ancient Persia at War by Kaveh Farrokh is the worst book I have read in about ten years. I am not exaggerating. The author uncritically accept the propaganda of the late Shah (e.g. about the Cyrus Cylinder), quotes biased websites (I'm not going to link to them), ignores the main publications on the Achaemenid Empire (Briant's Histoire de l'Empire perse), and in the end complains that no one appears to be interested in iranology. Guess why?
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Accuracy of osprey books - by LegioIIavg - 04-18-2008, 12:32 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Marcus Julius - 04-18-2008, 01:26 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Magnus - 04-18-2008, 05:18 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by LegioIIavg - 04-18-2008, 05:53 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Crispvs - 04-18-2008, 01:50 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Decius - 04-18-2008, 04:40 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Sean Manning - 04-18-2008, 04:56 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Jona Lendering - 04-18-2008, 08:37 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by A_Volpe - 04-18-2008, 09:30 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Magnus - 04-19-2008, 05:40 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Andrew Brozyna - 04-25-2008, 02:21 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Jasper Oorthuys - 04-25-2008, 04:39 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Jona Lendering - 04-25-2008, 08:31 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Ross Cowan - 04-25-2008, 09:43 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Decius - 04-25-2008, 01:10 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Jona Lendering - 04-25-2008, 01:36 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Ross Cowan - 04-25-2008, 03:13 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by D B Campbell - 04-25-2008, 03:56 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Sean Manning - 04-25-2008, 04:00 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Senovara - 04-28-2008, 12:09 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Ross Cowan - 04-28-2008, 02:19 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Andrew Brozyna - 05-06-2008, 05:51 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by D B Campbell - 05-06-2008, 06:52 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by hoplite14gr - 05-06-2008, 07:17 PM
Osprey - by Graham Sumner - 05-07-2008, 12:21 AM
Re: Osprey - by sonic - 05-07-2008, 07:30 AM
Re: Osprey - by Conal - 05-07-2008, 08:28 AM
Books - by Graham Sumner - 05-08-2008, 01:34 AM
Re: Books - by Conal - 05-08-2008, 08:10 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by hoplite14gr - 05-10-2008, 09:15 PM
Osprey Books - by codekeyguy - 05-11-2008, 09:57 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Ross Cowan - 05-12-2008, 11:21 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Peroni - 05-12-2008, 01:48 PM
Osprey - by Graham Sumner - 05-13-2008, 02:50 AM
Re: Osprey - by D B Campbell - 05-13-2008, 06:54 AM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Vincula - 05-13-2008, 06:02 PM
Re: Accuracy of osprey books - by Ross Cowan - 05-14-2008, 06:41 PM

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