Books I've read this year
Jul. 3rd, 2008 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hils1. The Life of Nelson - Robert Southey
2. The Last Days of Krypton - Kevin J. Anderson
3. New X-Men - Grant Morrison
4. This Thing of Darkness - Harry Thompson
5. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
6. Superman Returns - Marv Wolfman
7. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson
8. Buffy Omnibus vol 1 - Misc
9. Buffy Omnibus vol 2 - Misc
10. Spike: Shadow Puppets - Brian Lynch
11. A Portrait of Lord Nelson - Oliver Warner
12. Anything Goes - John Barrowman
13. 500 Reasons Why I Hate The Office - Malcolm Burgess
14. Watchmen - Alan Moore
15. Superman: Birthright - Mark Waid
16. Fray - Joss Whedon
17. Iron Man - Peter David
18. Nelson: A Personal History - Christopher Hibbert
That was definitely the best of my Nelson books. It was very much a 'warts and all' portrayal, painting Nelson as arrogant and vain as well as tactical genius
I would love to see a modern film made that paints Nelson in this way. Don't you think Viggo Mortensen would be perfect for the part. Is it blasphemy to suggest a Danish-American actor to play one of England's greatest heroes? LOL
Next on the list is Sharpe Cut by Linda Blandford
2. The Last Days of Krypton - Kevin J. Anderson
3. New X-Men - Grant Morrison
4. This Thing of Darkness - Harry Thompson
5. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
6. Superman Returns - Marv Wolfman
7. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson
8. Buffy Omnibus vol 1 - Misc
9. Buffy Omnibus vol 2 - Misc
10. Spike: Shadow Puppets - Brian Lynch
11. A Portrait of Lord Nelson - Oliver Warner
12. Anything Goes - John Barrowman
13. 500 Reasons Why I Hate The Office - Malcolm Burgess
14. Watchmen - Alan Moore
15. Superman: Birthright - Mark Waid
16. Fray - Joss Whedon
17. Iron Man - Peter David
18. Nelson: A Personal History - Christopher Hibbert
That was definitely the best of my Nelson books. It was very much a 'warts and all' portrayal, painting Nelson as arrogant and vain as well as tactical genius
I would love to see a modern film made that paints Nelson in this way. Don't you think Viggo Mortensen would be perfect for the part. Is it blasphemy to suggest a Danish-American actor to play one of England's greatest heroes? LOL
Next on the list is Sharpe Cut by Linda Blandford
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:13 am (UTC)Considering what this "hero" did in 1801 - yes!
Apart from that, if Viggo Mortensen can play a Spanish soldier / mercenary, a Russian gangster and a king of Gondor, why not a British national hero?
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:14 am (UTC)Oops! Yes, I forgot about Copenhagen. Sorry.
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:49 am (UTC)Yes.
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:53 am (UTC)I thought so.
Can't think of anyone else though