Erik Van Linden
@erikofbelgium.bsky.social
European. Independent accountant.
I love to read and travel in time and place through them. Ancient history-late ancient history fan.
European investor. I love to read Mary Renault and her brand of fierce purity.
I love to read and travel in time and place through them. Ancient history-late ancient history fan.
European investor. I love to read Mary Renault and her brand of fierce purity.
Thinking about this book a lot. Peter Heather writes eloquently, logically, beautifully while searching for meaning and answers. What does it means to be a good Christian Roman emperor. Was Justinian a good emperor? Did he make possible the fall of the Roman Empire in the 7the century?
September 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thinking about this book a lot. Peter Heather writes eloquently, logically, beautifully while searching for meaning and answers. What does it means to be a good Christian Roman emperor. Was Justinian a good emperor? Did he make possible the fall of the Roman Empire in the 7the century?
Lion Rose going strong on this sunny day.
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Lion Rose going strong on this sunny day.
Every holiday I read one or two of Patrick O’Brians Aubrey-Maturin adventures. This year the penultimate one. The Hundred days.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Every holiday I read one or two of Patrick O’Brians Aubrey-Maturin adventures. This year the penultimate one. The Hundred days.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
Just some Rudbeckia to brighten the day.
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Just some Rudbeckia to brighten the day.
Sometimes all I need is some close quarter violence on the cobble stones of a small village in the Iberian peninsula. Sharpe saved the bacon for Wellington, again.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
August 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Sometimes all I need is some close quarter violence on the cobble stones of a small village in the Iberian peninsula. Sharpe saved the bacon for Wellington, again.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
Finished book 3: Use of Weapons
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
August 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Finished book 3: Use of Weapons
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
En twee nieuwsgierige vlinders
August 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
En twee nieuwsgierige vlinders
Met een dappere Shi-Tzu in het tuincenter
August 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Met een dappere Shi-Tzu in het tuincenter
Eerste dag van de vakantie…
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
August 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Eerste dag van de vakantie…
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
Ik vond de bookmark er wel bij passen. We all love Jack
July 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Ik vond de bookmark er wel bij passen. We all love Jack
Een verhaal over eerste liefde, die extra gevaarlijk is omdat we anders zijn dan de meerderheid.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Een verhaal over eerste liefde, die extra gevaarlijk is omdat we anders zijn dan de meerderheid.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
A very well written and entertaining book.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
June 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A very well written and entertaining book.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
Vandaag neem ik een oude liefde terug op. Vroeger had ik ebbenhout. De nieuwe is van buxushout en klinkt heerlijk.
June 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Vandaag neem ik een oude liefde terug op. Vroeger had ik ebbenhout. De nieuwe is van buxushout en klinkt heerlijk.
Patroclus and Achilles. A story of love, honour, destiny and what we would/will do for all three of them.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
June 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Patroclus and Achilles. A story of love, honour, destiny and what we would/will do for all three of them.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
Consider Phlebas. My first Iain Banks.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
May 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Consider Phlebas. My first Iain Banks.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
I am so happy to receive a beautiful book. Makes my day to see that the art of making beautiful books is still alive.
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
May 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I am so happy to receive a beautiful book. Makes my day to see that the art of making beautiful books is still alive.
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
Today the swallows have arrived. Summer is on its way.
Seen today:
Blue skies
and swallows
Seen today:
Blue skies
and swallows
May 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today the swallows have arrived. Summer is on its way.
Seen today:
Blue skies
and swallows
Seen today:
Blue skies
and swallows
New Ancient Magazine arrived today.
Enheduanna, priestess and poetess from ancient Mesopotamia.
Constantine the Great and Christianity.
War and peace at the Danube.
And much more.
#ancienthistorymagazine
Enheduanna, priestess and poetess from ancient Mesopotamia.
Constantine the Great and Christianity.
War and peace at the Danube.
And much more.
#ancienthistorymagazine
May 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New Ancient Magazine arrived today.
Enheduanna, priestess and poetess from ancient Mesopotamia.
Constantine the Great and Christianity.
War and peace at the Danube.
And much more.
#ancienthistorymagazine
Enheduanna, priestess and poetess from ancient Mesopotamia.
Constantine the Great and Christianity.
War and peace at the Danube.
And much more.
#ancienthistorymagazine
Folio Society has arrived. They make such beautiful books. I just feel obliged to support the art of bookmaking. Neuromancer is especially sumptuous. Welcome new friends.
April 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Folio Society has arrived. They make such beautiful books. I just feel obliged to support the art of bookmaking. Neuromancer is especially sumptuous. Welcome new friends.
Byzantium, the early centuries by John Julius Norwich.
A very fine read. It ends with the coronation of Charlemagne and the overthrow of the empress Irene.
A new handsome emperor of the West after all this time.
I quite like Constantius IV 668-685 this time.
A very fine read. It ends with the coronation of Charlemagne and the overthrow of the empress Irene.
A new handsome emperor of the West after all this time.
I quite like Constantius IV 668-685 this time.
April 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Byzantium, the early centuries by John Julius Norwich.
A very fine read. It ends with the coronation of Charlemagne and the overthrow of the empress Irene.
A new handsome emperor of the West after all this time.
I quite like Constantius IV 668-685 this time.
A very fine read. It ends with the coronation of Charlemagne and the overthrow of the empress Irene.
A new handsome emperor of the West after all this time.
I quite like Constantius IV 668-685 this time.
In the bar after attending a play I met a young woman. She accompanied a painter I know. They were both radiating life and I sat as close as possible to warm myself. The discussion was books. The reading and collecting of.
April 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In the bar after attending a play I met a young woman. She accompanied a painter I know. They were both radiating life and I sat as close as possible to warm myself. The discussion was books. The reading and collecting of.
First day this year in the garden a beer-o-clock.
April 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
First day this year in the garden a beer-o-clock.
New addition to the library. Reprint from the Hodder and Stoughton 1909 edition.
No mention of the translator. A nice find for 20 euro.
The Aesopica is a collection of fables, attributed to Aesop, 620-564 BCE ancient Greece.
No mention of the translator. A nice find for 20 euro.
The Aesopica is a collection of fables, attributed to Aesop, 620-564 BCE ancient Greece.
April 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New addition to the library. Reprint from the Hodder and Stoughton 1909 edition.
No mention of the translator. A nice find for 20 euro.
The Aesopica is a collection of fables, attributed to Aesop, 620-564 BCE ancient Greece.
No mention of the translator. A nice find for 20 euro.
The Aesopica is a collection of fables, attributed to Aesop, 620-564 BCE ancient Greece.
Starting a second read of Mary Renault’s first book. Just a dose of beauty every day.
‘Nightfall had simplified the ward’.
Nights was life and days only a dream when I was young. Maybe because of this. Everything was simple at night. Fun, love or disappointment. No grey areas.
‘Nightfall had simplified the ward’.
Nights was life and days only a dream when I was young. Maybe because of this. Everything was simple at night. Fun, love or disappointment. No grey areas.
April 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Starting a second read of Mary Renault’s first book. Just a dose of beauty every day.
‘Nightfall had simplified the ward’.
Nights was life and days only a dream when I was young. Maybe because of this. Everything was simple at night. Fun, love or disappointment. No grey areas.
‘Nightfall had simplified the ward’.
Nights was life and days only a dream when I was young. Maybe because of this. Everything was simple at night. Fun, love or disappointment. No grey areas.