Death Comes to the Village vs Recollections of an old soldier: Which Should You Read?

Death Comes to the Village Catherine Lloyd · 2013 ★★★★☆ 3.9 332 pages · ≈ 6 h 09 m · Moderate

Major Robert Kurland has returned to the quiet vistas of his village home to recuperate from the horrors of Waterloo. However injured his body may be, his mind is as active as ever. Too active, perhaps. When he glimpses…

Recollections of an old soldier Capt. David Perry (b. 1741) · 1822 64 pages · ≈ 1 h 11 m · Challenging

“...May we all remember the maxim of our illustrious Washington: "United we stand; divided we fall." -- When we reflect back to our Revolutionary war, and see how much blood and treasure were spent to gain our independence, shall we, after so long an experience of the advantages arising from so good a government, be any more deceived by internal or foreign enemies? Shall we contrast the mildness of”

As they were in those days, the full title of Capt David Perry's book is its own description: Recollections of an old soldier. The life of Captain David Perry, a soldier of the French and revolutionary wars,…