Amida: a Novel

[mcbishop]

I draw this to your attention:<br>
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www.pineapplepubs.co.uk/<br>
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I have not read it and do not know the chap, but you at least now know it exists ;-)<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>

[Hibernicus]

Hey wow, an e-book, pdf format.<br>
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Of course I was first surprised that Mike knew about novels but then was then relieved to see that it was a book from Pineapple Pubs.. the Pubs part explaining (at least to my mind) how he might have learned about a non-scholarly non-scientific written work.. but then I found out that "Pubs" was short for publications.. well, now I'm befuddled.<br>
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Hibernicuss<br>
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[Goffredo]

Thanks<br>
it sounds like a great idea.<br>
I always found Ammianus a fun read and Amida siege is an interesting passage<br>
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[mcbishop]

<em>Of course I was first surprised that Mike knew about novels</em><br>
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Does this mean all my efforts to push good historical novels are falling on stoney ground? Eheu!<br>
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<em>the Pubs part explaining (at least to my mind) how he might have learned about a non-scholarly non-scientific written work..</em><br>
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The only pubs I go in are ones that serve scrumpy from the wood (there is a very nice one at the end of Lendel Bridge in York, which (it has been suggested) partly explains why my RB trips visit there;-).<br>
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As for novels, I learnt far more about the Julio-Claudians in my formative years by reading <em>I Claudius</em> than I ever did from Scullard, Garzetti, or any of that ilk.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>

[Hibernicus]

<em>The Maltings</em>? Only one I could find listed as near Lendel bridge<br>
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<img src="http://www.york24.org/tye/pubs/pages/malt.htm" style="border:0;"/><br>
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All you could want to know about scrumpy..<br>
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http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gunni ... index.html
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Sean Richards<em>The Maltings</em> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://b30.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hibernicus>Hibernicus</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org/04ftmac02hibernicus.gif" BORDER=0> at: 4/23/04 5:16 pm<br></i>

[mcbishop]

<em>The Maltings?</em><br>
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That's the one [hic!].<br>
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<em>All you could want to know about scrumpy..<br>
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www.users.globalnet.co.uk...index.html </em><br>
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Aaaagh! I think I've burnt out my optic nerve! What were they on when they designed that? Red diesel, rather than cider, methinks. For the curious, here's a <em>real</em> cider lover's page (especially for those of us who make the stuff):<br>
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ourworld.compuserve.com/h...ndrew_lea/<br>
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Getting back to the topic, it turns out that our author was involved with setting up amazon's cd/dvd operation in the UK... and so is indirectly responsible for my acquiring <em>I Claudius</em> on DVD... spooky...<br>
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For those who cannot handle digibooks (can anyone?), there will be a paperback in May and I have pointed him at Oxbow... so those of you on the other side of the pond may get to see it by 2005 ;-)<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>

[mcbishop]

The author tells me the paperback is now available:<br>
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www.pineapplepubs.co.uk/a...ck_buy.htm<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>