I read a lot of history, but many of the books are quite dry. A rare exception were the books by Dan Jones I recently read, on medieval England (The Plantagenets, The Wars Of Roses). I learned a bunch and sincerely enjoyed the process. His Powers and Thrones book is next up.
Incidentally, I found out that Shakespeare covered similar timelines (especially the wars of the roses) in his 8 history plays, which I've been going through. Never read any Shakespeare before, and liking it enough that I already made a top ten list of his works to get into next.
I actually just went though a bunch of Shakespeare. While it was quite entertaining and interesting, some parts can absolutely be regarded as "laborious".
No argument here, it definitely required some effort. I'm also listening to the plays in audiobook format, which presents its own unique challenges (e.g. deciphering which character is speaking).
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I read a lot of history, but many of the books are quite dry. A rare exception were the books by Dan Jones I recently read, on medieval England (The Plantagenets, The Wars Of Roses). I learned a bunch and sincerely enjoyed the process. His Powers and Thrones book is next up.
Incidentally, I found out that Shakespeare covered similar timelines (especially the wars of the roses) in his 8 history plays, which I've been going through. Never read any Shakespeare before, and liking it enough that I already made a top ten list of his works to get into next.
I actually just went though a bunch of Shakespeare. While it was quite entertaining and interesting, some parts can absolutely be regarded as "laborious".
No argument here, it definitely required some effort. I'm also listening to the plays in audiobook format, which presents its own unique challenges (e.g. deciphering which character is speaking).
Kenneth Branagh's film version of "Henry V" is excellent. Highly recommended.