#BooksThatInfluenceYou

Day 8:

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I guess, some of knew what was coming when I placed my comment on Day 7 regarding Day 6 (Pillars of the Earth). Well, here's the thing, I did like "La catedral del mar" (#CathedralOfTheSea) by #IldefonsoFalcones. It is about the uring the construction of a cathedral. But it is the lesser known Santa Maria del Mar, not the...

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English Title Fall Out
The Wave
Fahrenheit
1984
Brave New World

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Ok, somehow, I goofed up Day 15 and put it outside this record-bound megathread. ICYMI, here it is again:

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Day 16:

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So, Mina, bird of a feather, thanks for the inspiration for today, or rather moving it forward in the pipeline. 😏

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There was a time when I used to read all about #Mesoamerica's early history that I could get my hands on. One of the books was #Aztec by #GaryJennings.

Even...

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#Aztec by #GaryJennings

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Day 16:

...Even though it is historical fiction, he works with a lot of love for historical detail. Alas, #GaryJennimgs died in 1999, and so he could only complete the first two of a total of 6 of this #AztecSeries, the other's were written much later than the first one (1980), the last...

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#Aztec by #GaryJennings

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Day 16:

...in 2012 (#AztecRevenge.)

Now, the first thing to know is that there were no #Aztecs. This people who, according to legend, migrated to the swamps what later on became #Tenochtitlán, nowadays the historic Center of #MexicoCity, were called the #Mexica. Back then, it was an island in...

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#Aztec by #GaryJennings

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Day 16:

...what was then Lake #Texcoco in the Valley of #Mexico.

They spoke (and many still speak) #Nahuatl.

This first book provides an understanding of the roots of modern-day #Mexico.
Seen chronologically, the book starts in 1466, when the fictious Mexícan narrator is born. The book...

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#Aztec by #GaryJennings

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Day 16:

...ends with a surprise ending in 1531.
Highly recommended and fun to read.

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Day 17:

I have been busy with some shelves so belatedly, my recommendation for the fascinating (hi)story of the #Mongols and their early khans.

It introduced me to an amazing part of Mongolia's and #China’s, and subsequently #India's as well as Europe's history: the #ConquerorSeries.

Irish author #ConnIggulden is a master storyteller.

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Day 18:

I've always been interested in the history of the #BritishIsles. Today, I'm recommending a historical novel, the first of #TheSaxonStories, #TheLastKingdom.

It is set at the end of the 9th century and follows the rise + reign of #KingÆlfredTheGreat of the West + then the #AngloSaxons.

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Just think of all the Swiss, believing that Wilhelm Tell's story told in Schiller's play actually happened.

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Course it did...
Durch diese hohle Gasse...

I saw it with my own eyes and ate the apple.

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#FriedrichSchiller #WilhelmTell
European #History

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Wow, even though the long Wiki entry doesn't really dig into the historical veracity of the play, it really is worth reading the entry. The view of contemporaries and later generations is colorful and changing. E.g.:

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European #History

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"...Stellungnahme zur Revolution von 1789
#Schiller setzt sich in dem Schauspiel nicht direkt mit der #FranzösischenRevolution auseinander, obwohl dies viele Zeitgenossen von ihm erwarteten. Die 👉#jakobinischen Revolutionäre hatten sich u. a. auf...

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Tell_(Schiller)

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#FriedrichSchiller #WilhelmTell
European #History

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...den Tellmythos berufen, als sie den französischen König enthaupteten, ebenso wie zahlreiche Adelige und ihnen opponierende Revolutionäre des Dritten Standes.👈"

"Schiller schrieb seinen „Tell“ in den Jahren 1803 bis 1804 und verfolgte selbstverständlich die Entwicklung...

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European #History
#Nationalsozialismus

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...Im „#Dritten Reich“ wurde das Stück zunächst in die #NS-Propaganda integriert. Propagandaminister 👉#Goebbels pries es in den ersten Jahren als „Führerdrama“, und es wurde entsprechend häufig aufgeführt. 👈 Die Hauptfiguren Tell und Werner Stauffacher wurden als ideale Führerpersönlichkeiten interpretiert, Tellzitate fanden sich in den meisten...

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#FriedrichSchiller #WilhelmTell
European #History

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...Lesebüchern. 👉#Schillers Motiv des gerechtfertigten Tyrannenmords, der Beifall des deutschen Theaterpublikums an den „unpassenden“ Stellen sowie auch mehrere Attentate auf #Hitler (u. a. geplant von dem Schweizer #MauriceBavaud) scheinen jedoch zu einer völligen Abkehr der #Nazis von dem Tellmythos geführt zu haben👈; die...

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#FriedrichSchiller #WilhelmTell
European #History

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...Änderung der Einstellung war so dramatisch, dass das Stück am 3. Juni 👉1941 auf Anweisung #Hitlers zur Aufführung und für den Schulunterricht verboten wurde."👈

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