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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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?...
You know you’re getting a little too into the 18th century Habsburg when you start to buy books on Maria Theresia’s government and economic policy! But I really do want to know how you finance a war against Frederick the Great (especially once the UK is no longer on side). 📚 #histbookchat
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You know you’re getting a little too into the 18th century Habsburg when you start to buy books on Maria Theresia’s government and economic policy! But I really do want to know how you finance a war against Frederick the Great (especially once the UK is no longer on side). 📚 #histbookchat
This evening I will be mostly reading Nicholas Roger’s’ “The Press Gang” with a Tintagel Harbour Special, which is a bitter, which I suppose is what many pressed men might be… 🌊 📚 🍺 #readingndrinking
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This evening I will be mostly reading Nicholas Roger’s’ “The Press Gang” with a Tintagel Harbour Special, which is a bitter, which I suppose is what many pressed men might be… 🌊 📚 🍺 #readingndrinking
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A weekend arrival in Enfield. Time to get back to painting Dutchmen and Scots in the service of the United Provinces… #histbookchat
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A weekend arrival in Enfield. Time to get back to painting Dutchmen and Scots in the service of the United Provinces… #histbookchat
A weekend arrival in Enfield. Time to get back to painting Dutchmen and Scots in the service of the United Provinces… #histbookchat
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A weekend arrival in Enfield. Time to get back to painting Dutchmen and Scots in the service of the United Provinces… #histbookchat
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I almost forgot: it’s that time of year again when @1805Club sends out both the Kedge Anchor and this year’s copy of the Trafalgar Chronicle! 🌊 📚 #histbookchat
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I almost forgot: it’s that time of year again when @1805Club sends out both the Kedge Anchor and this year’s copy of the Trafalgar Chronicle! 🌊 📚 #histbookchat
I almost forgot: it’s that time of year again when @1805Club sends out both the Kedge Anchor and this year’s copy of the Trafalgar Chronicle! 🌊 📚 #histbookchat
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I almost forgot: it’s that time of year again when @1805Club sends out both the Kedge Anchor and this year’s copy of the Trafalgar Chronicle! 🌊 📚 #histbookchat
A Tintagel Brewery Cornwall Pride matched with Captain Bolitho, Cornish hero. For the story it helps it’s a bitter as there’s a bitter first officer to boot! #readingndrinking
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A Tintagel Brewery Cornwall Pride matched with Captain Bolitho, Cornish hero. For the story it helps it’s a bitter as there’s a bitter first officer to boot! #readingndrinking
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This weekend, after another delivery from Ken Trotman, I will be designing flags and uniforms on #masterofcommand. I just have the French 3 campaigns to finish before moving on to the Rise of Prussia campaign. 📚 #histbookchat
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This weekend, after another delivery from Ken Trotman, I will be designing flags and uniforms on #masterofcommand. I just have the French 3 campaigns to finish before moving on to the Rise of Prussia campaign. 📚 #histbookchat
This weekend, after another delivery from Ken Trotman, I will be designing flags and uniforms on #masterofcommand. I just have the French 3 campaigns to finish before moving on to the Rise of Prussia campaign. 📚 #histbookchat
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This weekend, after another delivery from Ken Trotman, I will be designing flags and uniforms on #masterofcommand. I just have the French 3 campaigns to finish before moving on to the Rise of Prussia campaign. 📚 #histbookchat
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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. 🥃