TheKnightIrish
@theknightirish.bsky.social
Alias Ryan Diamond: serial question asker, book enabler, whisky buff, original cadre of the Independent Company, and discusser of the Civil War over breakfast
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Hooker's Redemption?
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Fighting Joe Hooker - A Reassessment. My contribution to the #acwrtuk 2024 Conference on the Atlanta Campaign. How to make the Western Campaign about another Easterner... youtu.be/u7-JyX7QakM?...
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Does anyone need more Jacobite content in their lives? English Jacobites? Geordie Jacobites? 🤣 I do love a niche work! #histbookchat
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Does anyone need more Jacobite content in their lives? English Jacobites? Geordie Jacobites? 🤣 I do love a niche work! #histbookchat
Does anyone need more Jacobite content in their lives? English Jacobites? Geordie Jacobites? 🤣 I do love a niche work! #histbookchat
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Does anyone need more Jacobite content in their lives? English Jacobites? Geordie Jacobites? 🤣 I do love a niche work! #histbookchat
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You can’t listen to Prime & Load pod and not start buying up bios of 18th century generals. In this instance Loudon’s bio. Apparently a German/Latvian name (not Scottish) but he claimed kinship with the Earls of London anyway! He started with the Russian army but moved to Austria… #histbookchat
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
You can’t listen to Prime & Load pod and not start buying up bios of 18th century generals. In this instance Loudon’s bio. Apparently a German/Latvian name (not Scottish) but he claimed kinship with the Earls of London anyway! He started with the Russian army but moved to Austria… #histbookchat
You can’t listen to Prime & Load pod and not start buying up bios of 18th century generals. In this instance Loudon’s bio. Apparently a German/Latvian name (not Scottish) but he claimed kinship with the Earls of London anyway! He started with the Russian army but moved to Austria… #histbookchat
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
You can’t listen to Prime & Load pod and not start buying up bios of 18th century generals. In this instance Loudon’s bio. Apparently a German/Latvian name (not Scottish) but he claimed kinship with the Earls of London anyway! He started with the Russian army but moved to Austria… #histbookchat
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The latest on the Peninsular War from Bob Burnham and Ron McGuigan has landed! 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 📚 #histbookchat
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The latest on the Peninsular War from Bob Burnham and Ron McGuigan has landed! 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 📚 #histbookchat
The latest on the Peninsular War from Bob Burnham and Ron McGuigan has landed! 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 📚 #histbookchat
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The latest on the Peninsular War from Bob Burnham and Ron McGuigan has landed! 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 📚 #histbookchat
Ok I’m going to admit it: AI is improving in weeks not months. In the summer these would have been dross. Now they’re a bit average, verging on fun…
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ok I’m going to admit it: AI is improving in weeks not months. In the summer these would have been dross. Now they’re a bit average, verging on fun…
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Picked up a new book by Phillips Payson O’Brien this weekend. I love his writing and he’s never afraid to “put a bit of stick about” and be provocative. 📚
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Picked up a new book by Phillips Payson O’Brien this weekend. I love his writing and he’s never afraid to “put a bit of stick about” and be provocative. 📚
Picked up a new book by Phillips Payson O’Brien this weekend. I love his writing and he’s never afraid to “put a bit of stick about” and be provocative. 📚
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Picked up a new book by Phillips Payson O’Brien this weekend. I love his writing and he’s never afraid to “put a bit of stick about” and be provocative. 📚
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Although moved to buy it I have no idea about its veracity. Perhaps someone might have views… 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 📚 #histbookchat
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Although moved to buy it I have no idea about its veracity. Perhaps someone might have views… 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 📚 #histbookchat
Although moved to buy it I have no idea about its veracity. Perhaps someone might have views… 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 📚 #histbookchat
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Although moved to buy it I have no idea about its veracity. Perhaps someone might have views… 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 📚 #histbookchat
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Having had a little sly dig at our American cousins and their idea that the constitutional monarch George III (and not Parliament) was tyrannical, I thought I better have a copy of this bio. I hear Andrew Roberts maybe even more partial to George than me! 🤴 📚 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #histbookchat
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Having had a little sly dig at our American cousins and their idea that the constitutional monarch George III (and not Parliament) was tyrannical, I thought I better have a copy of this bio. I hear Andrew Roberts maybe even more partial to George than me! 🤴 📚 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #histbookchat
Having had a little sly dig at our American cousins and their idea that the constitutional monarch George III (and not Parliament) was tyrannical, I thought I better have a copy of this bio. I hear Andrew Roberts maybe even more partial to George than me! 🤴 📚 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #histbookchat
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Having had a little sly dig at our American cousins and their idea that the constitutional monarch George III (and not Parliament) was tyrannical, I thought I better have a copy of this bio. I hear Andrew Roberts maybe even more partial to George than me! 🤴 📚 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #histbookchat
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Another charity shop find. One for @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and his podcast. I haven’t looked yet but I wonder how much ‘parliamentary violence’ there has been since 1945? I remember one Scottish MP throwing punches in a bar and stories of Heseltine swinging the mace. #histbookchat
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Another charity shop find. One for @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and his podcast. I haven’t looked yet but I wonder how much ‘parliamentary violence’ there has been since 1945? I remember one Scottish MP throwing punches in a bar and stories of Heseltine swinging the mace. #histbookchat
Another charity shop find. One for @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and his podcast. I haven’t looked yet but I wonder how much ‘parliamentary violence’ there has been since 1945? I remember one Scottish MP throwing punches in a bar and stories of Heseltine swinging the mace. #histbookchat
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Another charity shop find. One for @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social and his podcast. I haven’t looked yet but I wonder how much ‘parliamentary violence’ there has been since 1945? I remember one Scottish MP throwing punches in a bar and stories of Heseltine swinging the mace. #histbookchat
Tonight I am mostly drinking Glencadam at Soho Whisky Club. I love this whisky. I discovered it during lockdown and it’s wildly underrated. 🥃
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tonight I am mostly drinking Glencadam at Soho Whisky Club. I love this whisky. I discovered it during lockdown and it’s wildly underrated. 🥃
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Found this one in a charity shop and I have to ask: is ‘Jeremy Black’ a pseudonym for a group of 20-30 academics? His output is incredible! 📚 🤓 Anyway I love 18th century diplomatic history - it’s an an essential aide to understanding military and political history! #histbookchat
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Found this one in a charity shop and I have to ask: is ‘Jeremy Black’ a pseudonym for a group of 20-30 academics? His output is incredible! 📚 🤓 Anyway I love 18th century diplomatic history - it’s an an essential aide to understanding military and political history! #histbookchat
Found this one in a charity shop and I have to ask: is ‘Jeremy Black’ a pseudonym for a group of 20-30 academics? His output is incredible! 📚 🤓 Anyway I love 18th century diplomatic history - it’s an an essential aide to understanding military and political history! #histbookchat
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Found this one in a charity shop and I have to ask: is ‘Jeremy Black’ a pseudonym for a group of 20-30 academics? His output is incredible! 📚 🤓 Anyway I love 18th century diplomatic history - it’s an an essential aide to understanding military and political history! #histbookchat
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The fourth and final in Tim Shipman’s Brexit odyssey has landed today. Funny, well informed and a thoroughly decent chap, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of Shipman’s work. I suspect the third and fourth volumes will revive all the frustrations! 🤣 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 📚
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The fourth and final in Tim Shipman’s Brexit odyssey has landed today. Funny, well informed and a thoroughly decent chap, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of Shipman’s work. I suspect the third and fourth volumes will revive all the frustrations! 🤣 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 📚
The fourth and final in Tim Shipman’s Brexit odyssey has landed today. Funny, well informed and a thoroughly decent chap, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of Shipman’s work. I suspect the third and fourth volumes will revive all the frustrations! 🤣 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 📚
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The fourth and final in Tim Shipman’s Brexit odyssey has landed today. Funny, well informed and a thoroughly decent chap, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of Shipman’s work. I suspect the third and fourth volumes will revive all the frustrations! 🤣 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 📚
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I may not have found a book on 18th century Russian uniforms, but this is a well recommended book on the developing Russian military culture… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I may not have found a book on 18th century Russian uniforms, but this is a well recommended book on the developing Russian military culture… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat
I may not have found a book on 18th century Russian uniforms, but this is a well recommended book on the developing Russian military culture… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I may not have found a book on 18th century Russian uniforms, but this is a well recommended book on the developing Russian military culture… 🇷🇺 📚 #histbookchat
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My views on Lord George Sackville are entirely negative as some of you know. I now have a copy of the proceedings of his Court Martial. Drummed out of the army in disgrace who would go on to set policy in North America during the Revolution. *shakes head in disgust* 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My views on Lord George Sackville are entirely negative as some of you know. I now have a copy of the proceedings of his Court Martial. Drummed out of the army in disgrace who would go on to set policy in North America during the Revolution. *shakes head in disgust* 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat
My views on Lord George Sackville are entirely negative as some of you know. I now have a copy of the proceedings of his Court Martial. Drummed out of the army in disgrace who would go on to set policy in North America during the Revolution. *shakes head in disgust* 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My views on Lord George Sackville are entirely negative as some of you know. I now have a copy of the proceedings of his Court Martial. Drummed out of the army in disgrace who would go on to set policy in North America during the Revolution. *shakes head in disgust* 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat
Back on the Royal Navy voyage with Roger Knight’s Convoy and the Imperial Stout from Fullers. Stout fellows of the Empire? Ok it’s tenuous but it’ll do! 🤣 🍻 📚 #readingndrinking
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Back on the Royal Navy voyage with Roger Knight’s Convoy and the Imperial Stout from Fullers. Stout fellows of the Empire? Ok it’s tenuous but it’ll do! 🤣 🍻 📚 #readingndrinking