I love reading. I have a slight bias towards non-fiction (about 3 to 1) and history is one of my favorite subjects – but not the only one. However I became a bit disillusioned by contemporary historians with their emphasis on main events and the spinning-off of analyses based on thin or non-existing evidence. Sometimes contemporary history books read more like fiction. So I began reading the “original” texts of ancient writers. I started with Herodotus and in 3 years I have reached Dios Cassius. I believe I will stop when I reach the 16th century authors since, owing to the invention of the printing press, a lifetime will not be enough to read everything that was published after that.
I recently published on Amazon my first book (“Our Travels with Alexander: Taking a year off in France”) that describes what it is like to spend a year in a foreign country with a 12-month old boy, what it is like to see one’s plans change and what it is like not to be a member of the “productive” club for a whole year. I am presently working on a second book which will be a political novel dealing with issues relating to democracies.
Alex
I recently published on Amazon my first book (“Our Travels with Alexander: Taking a year off in France”) that describes what it is like to spend a year in a foreign country with a 12-month old boy, what it is like to see one’s plans change and what it is like not to be a member of the “productive” club for a whole year. I am presently working on a second book which will be a political novel dealing with issues relating to democracies.
Alex
