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Author: Speesh

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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

Review: Wræcca – C.R. May

Posted on 19/08/201814/10/2018 by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Myth, monsters, magic and May

Tagged Angles, Anglo Saxons, Beowulf, C.R. May, Eaters Of The Dead, Geats, Jutes, Michael Crichton, Saxons, Sword of Woden, WræccaLeave a comment

Review: The Draughtsman – Robert Lautner

Posted on 14/08/201821/09/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II Germany

What would you do? Really? I don't think so...

Tagged Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Germany, Nazi Germany, Robert Lautner, The Borough Press, The Draughtsman, The Holocaust, Topf And SonsLeave a comment

Review: War At The Edge Of The World – Ian Ross

Posted on 10/08/201813/09/2018 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Britain

Real Historical Fiction

Tagged Ian Ross, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Twilight Of Empire, War At The Edge Of The WorldLeave a comment

Review: The Red Moth – Sam Eastland

Posted on 04/08/201812/09/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia, The Soviet Union

Summer, 1941. Russia has been invaded.

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