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The English Teacher's Bookshelves Part 6 -The History Section ( Yes, History...)

Although I am by trade a Theatre Director and a Brit. Lit. Teacher, I also am a devout reader of history. Partly it's because I am a contextualist when it comes to teaching literature - I don't believe one can understand a literary work unless one has some understanding of the circumstances under which the work was created. Most of the ancient and medieval histories on the list are there for that reason; even all the various works on Richard III and the Wars of the Roses are there because I was trying to make sense of Shakespeare's history plays. Partly, however, it's because my father was an amateur historian who had a knack for turning history into stories. Since he was a WWII veteran ( as was my mother ), he made that period come alive for me, and I have been fascinated by it ever since. Both he and my mother took part in The Bulge, so that has been a particular fascination for me. The Civil War was my father's major interest, and it became mine as well.
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What Is History? (E. H. Carr)
What Is History? (E. H. Carr)
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The Historian's Craft (Marc Bloch)
The Historian's Craft (Marc Bloch)
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The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
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The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
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A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (Barbara W. Tuchman)
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The Face of Battle (John Keegan)
The Face of Battle (John Keegan)
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The Mask of Command (Keegan)
The Mask of Command (Keegan)
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The Price of Admiralty (Keegan)
The Price of Admiralty (Keegan)
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Six Armies in Normandy (John Keegan)
Six Armies in Normandy (John Keegan)
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How the Irish Saved Civilization (Thomas Cahill)
How the Irish Saved Civilization (Thomas Cahill)
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The Gift of the Jews (Thomas Cahill)
The Gift of the Jews (Thomas Cahill)
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus (Thomas Cahill)
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus (Thomas Cahill)
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Sailing the Wine Dark Sea (Thomas Cahill)
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea (Thomas Cahill)
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In Search of the Dark Ages (Wood)
In Search of the Dark Ages (Wood)
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In Search of the Trojan War (Michael Wood)
In Search of the Trojan War (Michael Wood)
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In Search of Shakespeare (Wood)
In Search of Shakespeare (Wood)
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The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
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The Great Warming (Brian Fagan)
The Great Warming (Brian Fagan)
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The Long Summer (Fagan)
The Long Summer (Fagan)
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Stonehenge Decoded (Hawkins)
Stonehenge Decoded (Hawkins)
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The Trojan War: A New History (Barry Strauss)
The Trojan War: A New History (Barry Strauss)
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Ulysses Found (Bradford)
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
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Thermopylae the Battle for the West (Ernle Bradford)
Thermopylae the Battle for the West (Ernle Bradford)
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The Spartacus Wars (Strauss)
The Spartacus Wars (Strauss)
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Barbarians to Angels (Wells)
Barbarians to Angels (Wells)
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Britain A. D. (Pryor)
Britain A. D. (Pryor)
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The Age of Arthur (John Morris)
The Age of Arthur (John Morris)
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An Age of Tyrants (Snyder)
An Age of Tyrants (Snyder)
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Arthur's Britain (Alcock)
Arthur's Britain (Alcock)
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The Quest for Arthur's Britain (Geoffrey Ashe)
The Quest for Arthur's Britain (Geoffrey Ashe)
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The Discovery of King Arthur (Geoffrey Ashe)
The Discovery of King Arthur (Geoffrey Ashe)
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King Arthur: Hero and Legend (Barber)
King Arthur: Hero and Legend (Barber)
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King Arthur: The True Story (Philips)
King Arthur: The True Story (Philips)
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The Anglo-Saxons (James Campbell)
The Anglo-Saxons (James Campbell)
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The Anglo-Saxons (Wilson)
The Anglo-Saxons (Wilson)
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Savage)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Savage)
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Anglo-Saxon England (Stenton)
Anglo-Saxon England (Stenton)
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The Saxon and Norman Kings (Brooke)
The Saxon and Norman Kings (Brooke)
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The Vikings (Ferguson)
The Vikings (Ferguson)
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