Reddit reviews Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

The book is super awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Jones-Medieval-Lives/dp/0563522755

Basically, our notions of what life in the "middle ages" was like is really the Victorians' idea of what it should have been like, to make themselves feel better about their civilization.

If you like Monty Python you should like Terry Jones' books. Post-Python he became a medieval historian and written Medieval Lives, Barbarians, and The Crusades. I just read Barbarians (about those who the Romans called barbarians) recently and loved it.

Rubicon by Tom Holland is an excellent account of the fall of the Roman Republic.

I'm currently reading Warriors of God by James Reston about the 3rd Crusade. Its very entertaining but lacks footnotes so I doubt its accuracy. Still for a casual understanding of the 3rd crusade I recommend it.

If you're interested in military history check out Osprey Publishing. These books are very specific but also only 90 pages or with great illustrations.

Finally, if you're looking for historical fiction check out Bernard Cornwell whose written tons of historical novels. He's best known for the Richard Sharpe series about the Napoleonic wars but has also written on Anglo-Saxon England, the American revolution, and elsewhere.

I'm a big fan of lucky 13!

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is 13 bucks. I would add it to my books WL, too if I weren't having trouble deciding how to categorize my WLs. Heheheh.

Excellent show!

I watched the whole thing last night (pity about the quality), then realised I could just buy the book (which I did).

Terry Jones: Medieval Lives