Interesting book.......
........Icelandic sagas are on your reading list, try "The King of Vinland's Saga".
It was written in 2003 by a fellow who is well versed in the subject. Like most sagas, it can be a bit dry in spots, but I found it quite entertaining.
Otony
I'll put it on my list. Just picked up 1776 today
by brionic 
, Saturday, August 04, 2012, 21:25 (4495 days ago) @ Otony
from the patient library, and I read an amazingly good maxi-comic series last night called "JUSTICE".
Interesting books;JamesD.Hornfischer ...today's John Tolland
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Sunday, August 05, 2012, 11:06 (4495 days ago) @ brionic
& Cornelius Ryan with a little Stephen Ambrose tossed in.
Neptune's Inferno (naval battles around Guadalcanal, in stark detail), Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (The battle of US Escort Carriers and Destroyers against the mightiest battleships in the pacific) and Ship of Ghosts; the USS Huston, flagship of our Asiatic fleet...along with Dutch, British and Australian cruisers went down fighting the overwhelming Japanese fleet.
http://www.amazon.com/James-D.-Hornfischer/e/B001IO9V3O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
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