History Buffs, I could use a recommendation for a book to read during a hospital stay

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3. Barbara Tuchman's "The Proud Tower" is the run up to the first world war

- and a fascinating and well-written page-turner, believe it or not.

Some others - for the history of globalism, etc, "1493" by Charles Mann is one of the best recent books. His "1491" is also indispensable to get up to date on what the world was before, particularly North America. I thought I was well-informed, but there's ,so many new things to learn!

For classic history, Callahan's "Hinges of History" series is just amazingly well written and researched. Rather than bore you with statistics, dates and places, he takes you into the minds of the people so much you almost feel like you lived it. "How the Irish Saved Civilisation" is one of the best in the 5 book series.

I hope you hospital stay goes well and isn't anything to bad!