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Author: Speesh

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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

Review: Blood Of The Wolf – Steven A. McKay

Posted on 10/09/201816/08/2020 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Medieval England, Robin Hood

Robin Hood faces his most dangerous enemy yet - and it isn't the Sheriff of Nottingham

Tagged Angus Donald, Blood Of The Wolf, Steven A. McKay, The Death Of Robin Hood, The Forest LordLeave a comment

Review: Butchers of Berlin – Chris Petit

Posted on 06/09/201809/10/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II Germany

"You're different from the rest. Remember that, for you will see enough terrible things to turn your hair white many times over"

Tagged Berlin, Chris Petit, Simon & Schuster, The Butchers Of BerlinLeave a comment

Review: Red Sparrow – Jason Matthews

Posted on 05/09/201816/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

Give that man an atlas!

Tagged CIA, Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow, Russia, Simon & Schuster, Soviet Union2 Comments

Review: Nightfall Berlin – Jack Grimwood

Posted on 03/09/201816/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction

"Nightfall Berlin is a tense, atmospheric and breathtaking thriller that drops you deep into the icy heart of the Cold War"

Tagged Berlin, Berlin Wall, British Intelligence, East Berlin, East Germany, Jack Grimwood, Michael Joseph, Nightfall Berlin, Penguin Random HouseLeave a comment

Review: A Legacy of Spies – John le Carré

Posted on 25/08/201809/10/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

"He's one of those writers who will be read a century from now" Robert Harris

Tagged A Legacy Of Spies, George Smiley, Jim Prideaux, John le Carré, Penguin Random House, Peter Guillam, Spies, The Circus, Viking BooksLeave a comment

Review: Prussian Blue – Philip Kerr

Posted on 22/08/201822/08/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Post WWII, Post-War Germany, The Second World War, World War II Germany

"Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers" - The Times

Tagged Bernie Gunther, France, Germany, Nazi Germany, Philip Kerr, Prussian Blue, Quercus3 Comments

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