Getting ready to go on our every-other-year beach vacation with my wife's family. This is a family reunion of sorts, where all four of Jane's sisters, plus their husbands and kids come to the Outer Banks for a mini-family reunion. Since I'm not a huge fan of going to the beach itself, it's a great week to do some reading.
So, what will I be reading? Well, right now, I've got the following packed and ready to go...
Rora by James Byron Huggins
This book was published almost 10 years ago. It's historical fiction, inspired by and closely following actual historical events. While it's not about the American Revolution, nor is it set in American history, the themes of Rora resonate very well with liberty-loving people everywhere.
Rora follows the story of Joshua Gianavel, the military leader of the Waldensians, European Protestants who valiantly resisted the medieval Catholic Inquisition by force. It's an exciting page-turner, full of incredible action. This will be the SECOND time I read it, and I read very few novels twice.
If you can't find it at your library or a used bookstore, you can get it at Amazon very cheaply.
George Washington on Leadership by Richard Brookhiser
George Washington on Leadership came out a couple years ago. I'm a fan of all of Richard Brookhiser's books, and this one looks quite promising. The only frustrating thing about it is that I had the idea to write a leadership book featuring George Washington as a model. But I never acted on it. :-( Brookhiser did. And it looks like a good one. I'll be reading it this coming beach trip.
Other Recommended Books
In addition to the above, I'll be taking a long a couple books that aren't related to our topic, including a book on public speaking and another on writing fantasy novels. (Yes, I hope to do that someday).
However, a few other books I can recommend to you, if you haven't yet taken your summer vacation are....
*Rise to Rebellion and The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara
*George Washington's War by Robert Leckie
*To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
Happy Reading!
And I'll be blogging some more when I get back!
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I would recommend one other novel in the vein of Rora - maybe to balance things out; Quiet Light. A great tale of St. Thomas Aquinas intertwined with events in the Holy Roman Empire of the 13th century.
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