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Review: The Whitehall Mandarin – Edward Wilson

Posted on 07/04/201426/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Spy Fiction, The Cold War

Couldn't have been more impressed if it had fallen off the shelf onto my toe!

Tagged Arcadia Books, Edward Wilson, James Bond, John le Carré, Len Deighton, Sir Humphrey Appleby, The Whitehall Mandarin, Tom Sharpe, Yes Minister1 Comment

Review: Arrows of Fury – Anthony Riches

Posted on 03/04/201426/12/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Before he went crap

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Tagged Anthony Riches, Arrows of Fury, Empire, Historical Fiction, Hodder & Stoughton, Roman Britain, RomeLeave a comment

Review: Swords of Good Men – Snorri Kristjansson

Posted on 01/04/201421/12/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings

The real thing.

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Tagged Jo Fletcher Books, Snorri Kristjansson, Swords of Good Men, Viking Age, VikingsLeave a comment

Review: Stay Another Day – Mark Timlin

Posted on 29/03/201421/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

Sharman's back in town

Tagged Mark Timlin, Nick Sharman, No Exit Press, Stay Another DayLeave a comment

Review: The Last Conquest 1066 – Berwick Coates

Posted on 21/03/201420/12/2023 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Norman Conquest

The Battle of Battle

Tagged 1066, Berwick Coates, Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, Norman Conquest of England, Simon & Schuster, The Last Conquest, The Norman ConquestLeave a comment

Review: The Ways of the World – Robert Goddard

Posted on 08/02/201420/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Between The Wars, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Spy Fiction

Magnifique!

Tagged England, France, Historical Fiction, Robert Goddard, The Ways Of The World, Transworld PublishersLeave a comment

Review: the Bourne Imperative – Eric Van Lustbader

Posted on 08/02/201419/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Robert Ludlum, Spy Fiction

Bourne again

Tagged Eric van Lustbader, Jason Bourne, Orion Books, Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Imperative, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: Tribune of Rome – Robert Fabbri

Posted on 18/01/201426/12/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Maximus enjoymentius

Tagged Ancient Rome, Atlantic Books, Corvus Books, Robert Fabbri, Roman Army, Rome Was In Turmoil, Vespasian Tribune Of RomeLeave a comment

Review: A Foreign Country – Charles Cumming

Posted on 05/01/201418/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction

We were reading what now?!

Tagged A Foreign Country, A Spy By Nature, Charles Cumming, Eric van Lustbader, Harper Collins, Paul Dark, spyLeave a comment

Review: Ratlines – Stuart Neville

Posted on 05/01/201418/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy Fiction

Don't judge a book by its title

Tagged Charles Haughey, Dublin, Harvill Secker, Ireland, Len Deighton, Ratlines, SSGB, Stuart NevilleLeave a comment

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