Antony Phillipson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Antony Phillipson

@thehistoryguy Brilliantly detailed by Rick Atkinson in “The British are Coming”…

Antony Phillipson

“A hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design" - Robert Louis Stevenson Glorious day for a walk up to the top of Arthur’s Seat in #Edinburgh with @Julesp71 https://t.co/aD3OstwZTO

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@TheTimesBooks Terrific list, obvs…a few worth considering for that future issue… - Augustus by John Williams, my most reread book, for the story and the epistolary style… - Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks (perhaps one of your judges was being bashful?) (1/2)

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@TheTimesBooks - The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng…lyrical, lush - Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton…opening lines “There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it…” (2/2)

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@holland_tom @TheRestHistory Not a question as such, more a thought aloud for the second time this year (first was on the 105th anniversary of the first day on 1 July) that The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer is an astonishing book…

Antony Phillipson

@TheTimesBooks Terrific list, obvs…a few worth considering for that future issue… - Augustus by John Williams, my most reread book, for the story and the epistolary style… - Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks (perhaps one of your judges was being bashful?) (1/2)

Antony Phillipson

@TheTimesBooks - The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng…lyrical, lush - Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton…opening lines “There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it…” (2/2)