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A WWII story from the pov of Indian soldiers who fought in WWII simply because they were compelled to. I'd love any authentic story on the "British Indian Army". Most Westerners people don't even know about the South & South-East Asian sacrifices in the two world wars.
I'd like a story about Ea Nasir too! I've never heard of Amanirenas but now I want to!
I'd like novels about:-Onfim- the 13th-century Russian boy who drew the oldest surviving doodles on his homework. He was learning to write psalms, but his drawings were of knights, horses, arrows, and slain enemies.
-Thanadelthur- a First Nations Canadian young woman (Chipewyan Dënesųłı̨ne) who served as a guide and interpreter for the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1700s. She was instrumental in forging a peace agreement between the Dënesųłı̨ne and the Cree people.
Rosh wrote: "A WWII story from the pov of Indian soldiers who fought in WWII simply because they were compelled to. I'd love any authentic story on the "British Indian Army". Most Westerners people don't even k..."Absolutely! There are so many WWII books, but relatively little from the Asian viewpoint.
Fawn wrote: "I'd like novels about:-Onfim- the 13th-century Russian boy who drew the oldest surviving doodles on his homework. He was learning to write psalms, but his drawings were of knights, horses, arrows,..."
I just googled Onfim, and those doodles are so adorable! It seems that little boys really haven't changed that much over the centuries.
On my wish list:
- A farce set in Ancient Sumer, featuring the dastardly copper merchant Ea Nasir (subject of the world's oldest surviving complaint letter).
- An epic featuring Queen Amanirenas, the one-eyed Nubian queen who held back the Roman Empire.
- A novel centering on Margaret Tudor. There are loads of Tudor novels, but none I know of starring Henry VIII's older sister and Mary QoS's grandmother, who led a fascinating (if tragic) life.