76. The War of the Spanish Succession, by James Falkner
Owned?: Yes Page count: 217 My summary: The War of the Spanish Succession raged between 1701 and 1714 - yet another time that Britain and Spain were at war, this time after the death of the previous Spanish king. Two men - Archduke Charles of Austria, the pick of England, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Dutch Republic, and Philip of Anjou, the choice of France, Barvaria, Cologne, Liége, Portugal, Savoy, and Mantua. Who would succeed the throne depended on who won the war. My rating: 3/5 My commentary:
Hoo boy. This is a book that I am not going to have much to say about, mostly because I don't want to bash a book that isn't bad, just isn't my thing. I need to know about the War of the Spanish Succession for research purposes, but the thing is that I am not very good at military history. It just doesn't interest me. Social history is more my bag - how people lived, the stories of regular humans in different periods of history. So this book was never going to be particularly interesting to me. I found it dry, kinda dull, and sometimes hard to follow due to the fact that I cannot keep things like names and titles and who belongs to which faction in my head. So, I kind of struggled through this book, but that was not really this book's fault. I'd definitely check it out if you're interested in the subject, but if military history isn't really your thing, don't expect much.
Next, a book that I would not, necessarily recommend…but absolutely loved.
