A history book about all the things that we don't really know. Mostly it's because I've just read a book on the Picts and an now reading another by the same author on Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, in both books there seem to be some rather large assumptons made unsupported by any evidence and lacking in any discussion about why the author has taken this position. I've come across this in a few books, it's somethng I'd expect more from much older books, but not from modern ones. I thought the days of being "told things" by historians was long gone, this particular author mentions all the advances made to the subjects he's writing about by geneticists and archaelogists how how they're changing our undstanding and then says he's not discussing them!
There was another book by a different author, that seemed to ignore a whole swathe of material relevant to his subject matter, it had me shouting out loud, 'what about Freya?' and arguing with the book.
I think this will be a good excuse to expand my book collection and spend ridiculous amounts of money. I think I will buy myself a nice big and pretty note book for taking down notes and quotes, I think it's time I used my academic training for something, even if it will likely never be published and maybe not even finished, it will keep me amused and off the streets!
