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Can anyone help with a book rec for my dad's Christmas present?
He's big on espionage/war nonfiction/historical fiction. Looking for any new releases that are outstanding, gonna delve through Goodreads when I'm not at work, just thought I'd throw it out here.
Thanks!

>> No.19534810

>>19534788
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March by Adam Zamoyski

>> No.19534812

>>19534810
Or if you want historical fiction then Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald

>> No.19534821

>>19534812
I think you should go with this >>19534812 because it's comfy and melancholic.

>> No.19534828

this >>19534812 and memoirs of hadrian

>> No.19534855

>>19534812
Don't read this

>>19534828
Read this

>> No.19534866

>>19534810
>>19534812
>>19534828
Thanks for the recs everyone, I'll check all of these out.
I actually meant to pick up Memoirs of Hadrian for myself, though my dad is much more into cold-war era spy stuff so I'll stay on the hunt for anything like that

>> No.19534948

>>19534866
If he's into Cold War stuff buy him one of the giant Mitrokhin Archive volumes put out by Penguin.

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>>19534948
Holy shit, reading up on this now and this is literally perfect. Gonna have to pick myself up a copy as well.
Thanks anon!

>> No.19536156

>>19534788
Guns Germs and Steel :DDDD