What books would you like published?

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Ah, got confused by "focusing upon individual commanders"
Thought you meant one book focussing on several commanders.


There are several books about Scipio Africanus already.
- Scipio Africanus, by Alexander Acimovic
- Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon, by B.H. Liddell Hart
Haven't read them though, so don't know if they're any good.

Found one about Sertorius too,
Quintus Sertorius and the Legacy of Sulla, by Philip O. Spann.
Looks like it's really hard to get though, there's only 1 used copy available at Amazon, for 318 pounds hock:

Just search on Amazon for the names of the generals, there're a lot more books about Roman generals than you'd expect :wink:

I think that biographies of most (all?) generals about whom enough is known already exist.

The books about Scipio tend to be fairly old, and the one by B.H. Liddell Hart is little more than a panegyric, avoiding any possibility that Scipio ever made mistakes.

I think you've actually highlighted some of the problems with studying 'ancient' generals: until recently, the books have tended to be either pure flattery - as already mentioned - or very old, written in the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries, or so expensive that the average reader (i.e. me) can't afford to buy them unless they come up on the lottery!

This is something I want to see addressed: why should somebody wanting to read about Sertorius have to shell out £318 or go to the library and borrow it? I want a book about Sertorius in my own collection on my own bookshelves!!

Or maybe I'm being greedy? :oops:

Anyway, thanks for all of the comments and suggestions. I will now go to my editor and grovel.......!