Last Friday I finally got my used copy of Warren Treadgold's A Concise History of Byzantium through the miracle of snail mail. I only had to wait about a month for it, but that's what happens when you order something in December!
Fortunately, the book's only 240-odd pages long, so I'll have an easy time getting it read before the Non-Fiction Book Club meets. It covers a period of almost 1200 years, which works out to almost five years per page. I'm already about a third of the way through!
The book reminds me a bit of Pocket History of the United States, a book I read thirty years ago, which also covers a pretty wide range at limited length. I should suggest that book for one of the club's future events on its messageboard! I should also post a link to Selia's list of memoir publications (which I've contributed a few titles to).
Speaking of Selia, the memoir slam starts again tomorrow. I should suggest that Selia go through the subject cards in the canister because there may be some duplicates. Specifically, I'm afraid I may have submitted the same subject a second time in a couple of cases.
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