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The English Teacher Reflects: Favorite Books on 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. 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. Anyway, here are 100 personal favorites; I arbitrarily omitted anything more recent than Watergate, figuring 50 years ago was enough to make it history.
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What Is History. (Carr)
What Is History. (Carr)
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The Historian's Craft (Marc Bloch)
The Historian's Craft (Marc Bloch)
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The March of Folly (Tuchman)
The March of Folly (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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Six Armies in Normandy (John Keegan)
Six Armies in Normandy (John Keegan)
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Testament (Romer)
Testament (Romer)
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The Unauthorized Version (Robin Lane Fox)
The Unauthorized Version (Robin Lane Fox)
9
The Gift of the Jews (Thomas Cahill)
The Gift of the Jews (Thomas Cahill)
10
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea (Thomas Cahill)
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea (Thomas Cahill)
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The Trojan War: A New History (Barry Strauss)
The Trojan War: A New History (Barry Strauss)
12
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
13
Thermopylae the Battle for the West (Ernle Bradford)
Thermopylae the Battle for the West (Ernle Bradford)
14
Alexander the Great (Robin Lane Fox)
Alexander the Great (Robin Lane Fox)
15
Jesus: An Historian Looks at the Gospels (Grant)
Jesus: An Historian Looks at the Gospels (Grant)
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The Historical Figure of Jesus (Sanders)
The Historical Figure of Jesus (Sanders)
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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)
18
The Spartacus Wars (Strauss)
The Spartacus Wars (Strauss)
19
The Twelve Caesars (Grant)
The Twelve Caesars (Grant)
20
Civilization (Clark)
Civilization (Clark)
21
Barbarians to Angels (Wells)
Barbarians to Angels (Wells)
22
How the Irish Saved Civilization (Thomas Cahill)
How the Irish Saved Civilization (Thomas Cahill)
23
Inventing the Middle Ages (Cantor)
Inventing the Middle Ages (Cantor)
24
The Civilization of the Middle Ages (Norman Cantor)
The Civilization of the Middle Ages (Norman Cantor)
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The History of the Medieval World (Susan Wise Bauer)
The History of the Medieval World (Susan Wise Bauer)
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The Mind of the Middle Ages (Frederick Artz)
The Mind of the Middle Ages (Frederick Artz)
27
The Oxford History of Medieval Europe (Holmes)
The Oxford History of Medieval Europe (Holmes)
28
Medieval Europe (Keen)
Medieval Europe (Keen)
29
Feudal Society (Marc Bloch)
Feudal Society (Marc Bloch)
30
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
31
A Short History of the Crusades (Riley-Smith)
A Short History of the Crusades (Riley-Smith)
32
An Age of Tyrants (Snyder)
An Age of Tyrants (Snyder)
33
The Age of Arthur (John Morris)
The Age of Arthur (John Morris)
34
Arthur's Britain (Alcock)
Arthur's Britain (Alcock)
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The Discovery of King Arthur (Geoffrey Ashe)
The Discovery of King Arthur (Geoffrey Ashe)
36
Anglo-Saxon England (Stenton)
Anglo-Saxon England (Stenton)
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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 First Apocalypse (Reston)
The First Apocalypse (Reston)
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The Vikings (Ferguson)
The Vikings (Ferguson)
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