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Review: A Burning Sea – Theodore Brun

Posted on 03/09/202003/09/2020 by Speesh in 1066, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction

See you in Valhalla!

Tagged 1066, C.R. May, Harold Godwinson, Spear Havoc, William The ConquerorLeave a comment

Review: The Northern Throne – Steven A. McKay

Posted on 16/08/202016/08/2020 by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Britain/England, Britannia, Fiction, Historical Fiction

"This is war. Bad things happen to good people sometimes."

Tagged Britannia, Song Of The Centurion, Steven A. McKay, The Druid, The Northern Throne, Warrior Druid Of Britain1 Comment

Review: Sword Of Kings – Bernard Cornwell

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Viking Britain

Not your usual 'what if...' novel

Tagged Bernard Cornwell, Harper Collins, Sword of Kings, UhtredLeave a comment

Review: Istanbul Passage – Joseph Kanon

Posted on 30/06/202030/06/2020 by Speesh in Book Stuff, Fiction, Spy Fiction, The Second World War

Turkey

Tagged Istanbul, Istanbul Passage, Joseph Kanon, Simon & SchusterLeave a comment

The Tin Drum – one of my all-time favourite books of all-time. Now see the play!

Posted on 20/02/202020/02/2020 by Speesh in Book Stuff, Fiction

Why The Tin Drum still divides audiences

56.147834 10.003831
Tagged Gรผnther Grass, Germany, Nazi Germany, Oskar Matzerath, The Tin DrumLeave a comment

Review: Hands Up – Stephen Clark

Posted on 15/02/202016/02/2020 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction

I'm helping with enquiries

Tagged Hands Up, Philadelphia, Police, Stephen ClarkLeave a comment

Review: Three Bullets – R.J. Ellory

Posted on 02/02/2020 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller, USA

Not your usual 'what if...' novel

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Review: Breakout At Stalingrad – Heinrich Gerlach

Posted on 31/01/202031/01/2020 by Speesh in Fiction, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Second World War

Written by one who was actually there

Tagged Breakout At Stalingrad, Heinrich Gerlach, Stalingrad, The Second World WarLeave a comment

Review: Stasi Child – David Young

Posted on 30/01/202030/01/2020 by Speesh in East Germany, Fiction, Germany, Historical Fiction

Cheap holidays in other peopleโ€™s misery

Tagged David Young, East Germany, Karin Muller, Stasi, Stasi ChildLeave a comment

Review: Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel’s Deadly Response – Aaron J. Klein

Posted on 28/01/202021/03/2020 by Speesh in History, Modern Terrorism, Non Fiction

Not your usual 'what if...' novel

Tagged 1972 Munich Olympics, Aaron J. Klein, Israel, Striking BackLeave a comment

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