I finally finished Philip Kerr's
If The Dead Rise Not.
I sort of liked it, but sort of didn't. I found it, as I tend to with these kind of books, educational. Also, gory for me in general and I'm moderately used to that - this one upped the gore count. On the other hand, those were gory times. I also found the book somewhat disjointed, which is also not necessarily a bad thing, but tried my patience. At 437 pages in a quite heavy hardback edition, I had some trouble hanging on to it while reading. I'll read more of Philip Kerr, for sure, but he hasn't supplanted Alan Furst on my favorite author list. Yet.
Next time, I'll order his in paperback.
Since then, I picked a book off my shelf that I've had for years, but not read. Now I remember why: tinyish print. It's Fernand Braudel's
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, volume 2. Looking at it in light of day, I could probably get through it in bright light in a nice chair by the window, so I'll still keep it for a time when I'm in the mood for that.
I also have another of his unread, which I'll switch to, since the print has better space between the lines, thus easier to read even if the letters are the same size. This one is
The Perspective of the World, Civilization & Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, volume 3.
Then I've also got the 1st volume on Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th century, titled
The Structures of Everyday Life. This one also easier to read and has illustrations, yay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Braudel
I see I put those books in the wrong order, but.. hey. Hard enough to figure what volume went with what, until I saw the wiki page. I need to read the
Structures of Everyday Life first, because I am most interested in that. In fact, I think I remember starting to read it some years ago.
All three Braudel books could be doorstops too.
