Discuss good narrative history books on any subject.
>>24986544Any book by John Julius Norwich. He's the man who first shoiwed me that non-fiction could be just as interesting and captivating as fiction.
>>24986544This one was a banger
>>24986549Seconding Norwich. Liked his book covering Sicily.
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Eh probably doesn't count as "narrative" but this was such a pleasure to read
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price >The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. For a millennium, though, their history has largely been filtered through the writings of their victims. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58684545-children-of-ash-and-elm
