What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[Loki]

[Loki]

Damn, Aemeric didn't seem to notice. I was trying to see what his reaction would be.

[Gooding]

I am currently reading two books.1: "Lords of the North" by Bernard Cornwell. This, so far, is dealing with England in the Dark Ages, with a young Saxon lordling named Uhtred who's leading an army of Saxons to rescue his sister from a Dane named Kjartan.Obviously I'm on Uhtred's side, as my Englisc ancestors have all been traced to the South and West of England..where the Anglo-Saxon heptarchies once held sway.My surname is also of Old English (Anglo- Saxon) origins, so yeah, I'm rooting for Uhtred!
2:" The Discovery of France", by Graham Robb.This traces the histories of the regions, peoples and histories of the nation now known as France.I've so far discovered that not only were languages and dialects rife in France, but that the concept of "France" is fairly new.Evidently, certain nobles held their lands as independent nations from time to time.This fascinates me.

[Psychonaut]

Evidently, certain nobles held their lands as independent nations from time to time.This fascinates me.

This is especially true of "France" during and prior to the Hundred Years War. If you're lucky enough to be able to trace any of your French lines back that far it gets very interesting trying to determine which principality that ancestor actually would've belonged to since the borders changed every few decades. I found that this series of maps was extraordinarily helpful in working out those kinds of details.

[Ulf]

Damn, Aemeric didn't seem to notice. I was trying to see what his reaction would be.

He's probably on a plane. Give him a few hours before he arrives.

[Gooding]

This is especially true of "France" during and prior to the Hundred Years War. If you're lucky enough to be able to trace any of your French lines back that far it gets very interesting trying to determine which principality that ancestor actually would've belonged to since the borders changed every few decades. I found that this series of maps was extraordinarily helpful in working out those kinds of details.

That would be interesting! Unfortunately, the best I can do is trace back to the town and province in France that the immigrant and occassionally the immigrant's parents came from. Here's an example, courtesy of my distant cousin, Alex Pecot who spent a lot of money to put this info up on rootsweb.
ID: I268
Name: Alphonse Auguste Perret (first generation ancestor)
Sex: M
Birth: 1734 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Death: 1770 in Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Change Date: 4 DEC 2006

Father: Jean Baptiste Perret b: 1700 in Grenoble, Dauphine, France
Mother: Marie Anne Morrel b: 1700 in Grenoble, Dauphine, France

Marriage 1 Marie Anne Pujole b: 1734 in Cannes Brulees, Louisiana
Married: 13 AUG 1754 in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Children
Alphonse Perret b: 20 OCT 1757 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana(ancestor)
Alexis Perret b: 1758 in Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Joseph Perret b: 22 NOV 1759 in Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Pierre Charles Perret b: 18 JAN 1766 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Noel Perret
Marie Anne Perret
Pierre Pujol Perret b: 18 JAN 1766 in Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana(ancestor)

I'm descended from many siblings of many lines. The Pujoles were a Bordeaux family, either Gascon or Aquitainian.

[Tabiti]

"Dyavoliada" by Michail Bulgakow.
All his writenings are a must for the opposers of communism!

[Thorum]

Just started this last night (Der Schimmelreiter, 1888):

COVER ILLUSTRATION: Schimmelreiter im Sturm auf dem Aussendeich by Alexander Eckener (oil painting, 1941)

[Äike]

"Wikmani Poisid" - Jaan Kross

It's an Estonian book that talks about 10th graders in a very old Estonian school, in the 1930's. It's quite interesting. Students back then were a lot smarter then the current ones.

[The Lawspeaker]

I am now reading a Dutch guide book about Norway:

Capitool Reisgidsen- Noorwegen

It gives accurate descriptions of towns, villages and areas as well of museums, natural sightings and other touristic attractions, shows the reader some of the more interesting parts of Norwegian life, culture and cuisine and contains a lot of maps of regions and cities.

Etc etc