BTW, I'm taking recommendations for books for my hard to please dad. He's 78 years old, has no capacity for suspension of disbelief but does like some historical fiction. He's read all of Bernard Cornwell, Patrick O'Brien, C.S. Forrester, Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey, etc. Help?
@panoramix My mom and I love her, but that's not my dad's thing at all. If he's going to read historical fiction, it's got to be military. But thanks!
@KateSherrod I just remembered my dad used to read a lot of Alastair Maclean back in the day, some of those should be both military and historical enough? Guns of Navarone might be a nice starting point.