I can't imagine you won't have read Umberto Eco, but if not you should. I enjoyed his nonfiction works as well (On Literature in particular, though I keep meaning to get around to On Beauty and On Ugliness).
I tend to like biographies, and have been enjoying Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler, by Christina Hardyment. Her evidence isn't necessarily convincing, but she tells a good story. In the more academic side, there's a collection of essays called Gendering The Crusades, which is entertaining. In current affairs, I enjoyed Women in the Line of Fire: What You Should Know About Women in the Military by Erin Solaro, though it was short. I wouldn't normally agree with her politics, but her logic on this issue was very persuasive.
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Date: 2009-06-15 08:37 pm (UTC)I tend to like biographies, and have been enjoying Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler, by Christina Hardyment. Her evidence isn't necessarily convincing, but she tells a good story. In the more academic side, there's a collection of essays called Gendering The Crusades, which is entertaining. In current affairs, I enjoyed Women in the Line of Fire: What You Should Know About Women in the Military by Erin Solaro, though it was short. I wouldn't normally agree with her politics, but her logic on this issue was very persuasive.