Skip to content
  • Home
    • Posts
  • Fiction
    • Historical Fiction
    • Historical Fiction – The Timeline!
  • Non Fiction
  • Fiction Reviews By Book Title
  • Fiction Reviews By Author A – Z
  • Non Fiction Reviews By Book Title
  • Contact

Couldn't I Just Tell You

Category: Fiction

Review: Pendragon – James Wilde

Posted on 24/11/201825/11/2018 by Speesh in Britain/England, Britannia, Dark Age Britain, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Pendrabon

Tagged Arthur, Bantam Press, Dark Age, James Wilde, King Arthur, Merlin, Pendragon, Penguin Random House, Roman Britain, TransworldLeave a comment

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: 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: 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

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Can’t find the review you want? Try a search

The freshest posts!

  • Review: The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz – Denis Avey with Rob Broomby 27/09/2026
  • Review: Endgame 1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby 20/09/2026
  • Review: Auschwitz A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account – Miklos Nyiszli 19/09/2026
  • Review: The Capture And Trial Of Adolf Eichmann – Charles River Editors 17/09/2026
  • Review: All You Need Is Kill – Hiroshi Sakurazaka / Takeshi Obata 13/09/2026
  • Review: Underground Airlines – Ben H. Winters 12/09/2026
  • Review: The Vinland Sagas – Keneva Kunz, Gisli Sigurdsson 11/09/2026
  • Review: Agent In Place – Helen MacInnes 11/09/2026
  • Review: The Volunteer – Jack Fairweather 11/09/2026
  • Review: A Savage Moon – Theodore Brun 10/09/2026

Currently Reading

Moscow X - David McCloskey
Moscow X - David McCloskey

Just finished

KL. A History Of The Nazi Concentration Camps: Niklaus Wachsmann
KL. A History Of The Nazi Concentration Camps: Niklaus Wachsmann

Tags

1066 Bantam Books Bantam Press Bernard Cornwell Bernie Gunther Espionage Germany Harper Collins Jack Reacher James Wilde Jason Bourne Lee Child Mitch Rapp Nazi Germany Penguin Books Penguin Random House Philip Kerr Russia Simon & Schuster The Holocaust The Second World War Thriller Transworld Vikings Vince Flynn

Net Galley

Professional Reader

Member of The Internet Defense League

Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    Couldn't I Just Tell You

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • Couldn't I Just Tell You
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar
Loading Comments...