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Author: Speesh

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Review: The Tourist – Robert Dickinson

Posted on 15/11/201811/12/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Science Fiction

Interesting ideas, not sure about the execution

Tagged Orbit Books, Robert Dickinson, The Tourist, Time TravelLeave a comment

Review: Stalingrad – Antony Beevor

Posted on 11/11/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War

The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia

Tagged Nazi Germany, Russia, Sam Eastland, Stalin, Stalingrad, The Beast In The Red Forest, The Penguin Group, The Soviet Union, Viking Books2 Comments

Review: The Druid – Steven A. McKay

Posted on 03/11/2018 by Speesh in Britain/England, Dark Age Britain, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Oak-knower

Tagged Bellicus, Steven A. McKay, The Druid2 Comments

Review: The Beast In The Red Forest – Sam Eastland

Posted on 18/10/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Soviet Union, World War II

Impekkalable

Tagged Faber And Faber, Inspector Pekkala, Sam Eastland, Stalin, The Beast In The Red Forest, The Soviet UnionLeave a comment

Review: Our Friends In Berlin – Anthony Quinn

Posted on 14/10/201815/10/2018 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II

Too friendly

Tagged Anthony Quinn, Jonathan Cape, Our Friends In Berlin, Penguin Random HouseLeave a comment

Review: Greeks Bearing Gifts – Philip Kerr

Posted on 09/10/201809/10/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Post WWII, Post-War Germany, World War II Germany

A killer has returned to Athens - one who may never have left

Tagged Bernie Gunther, Greece, Greeks Bearing Gifts, Jonathan Cape, Nazi Germany, Penguin Random House, Philip KerrLeave a comment

Review: The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting. Wannsee and The Final Solution – Mark Roseman

Posted on 30/09/2018 by Speesh in History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Holocaust

On 20 January 1942 the most murderous meeting in history took place

Tagged Penguin Books, Pinterest, Reinhard Heydrich, The Final Solution, The Villa The Lake The Meeting, The Wannsee ConferenceLeave a comment

Review: Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights – Salman Rushdie

Posted on 16/09/201810/11/2018 by Speesh in Crap, Fiction

Fairy land

Tagged Fairyland, Jinn, Penguin Random House, Pinterest, Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months Twenty-Eight Nights, Viking BooksLeave a comment

Review: The Boys From Brazil – Ira Levin

Posted on 13/09/201809/10/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

There's an awful lot of Nazis in Brazil

Tagged Dr Josef Mengele, Ira Levin, Jews, Little Brown Books, Nazis, The Boys From Brazil1 Comment

Review: The Kingdom of Rus’ – Christian Raffensperger

Posted on 13/09/2018 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Rus

Not for the fainthearied

Tagged Arc Humanities Press, Christian Raffensperger, Rus', The Kingdom Of Rus', The RusLeave a comment

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