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Category: Fiction

Review: Red Icon – Sam Eastland

Posted on 25/07/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia, The Soviet Union, World War II Germany

A master at work

Tagged Inspector Pekkala, Red Icon, Sam Eastland, Stalin, The Second World War, The Soviet UnionLeave a comment

Review: Blood’s Revolution – Angus Donald

Posted on 21/07/201922/07/2019 by Speesh in 17th Century Britain, English Civil War, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Where DID the years go?

51.490597 -3.704737
Tagged Angus Donald, Holcroft Blood, James II, William of Orange, Zaffre PublishingLeave a comment

Review: Our Man In Havana – Graham Greene

Posted on 16/07/201916/07/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

A classic

Tagged Graham Greene, Our Man In Havana, Vintage Classics, WormoldLeave a comment

Review: Oathbreaker – Adam Lofthouse

Posted on 11/07/201911/07/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Germania, The Romans

Absolutely superb. You'll be held captive and blown away. At the same time.

Tagged Adam Lofthouse, Germania, Oathbreaker, Pre-Vikings, RomansLeave a comment

Review: The Encircling Sea – Adrian Goldsworthy

Posted on 29/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Britannia, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Britain, The Romans

The most fun you can have with your toga on

56.147836 10.003801
Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Britannia, Hadrian's Wall, Head Of Zeus, Roman Britain, The Encircling Sea, VindolandaLeave a comment

Review: Shifting Sands: Tradecraft: Phase One – Michael Shusko

Posted on 26/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

...a breakneck, breathless pace and a plot brimming with a whole host of nutty problems...

Tagged Iran, Michael Shusko, Shifting Sands Tradecraft Phase One, Terrorism, The Middle EastLeave a comment

Review: Dark Age – James Wilde

Posted on 20/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Britain/England, Britannia, Dark Age Britain, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Darkest hour(s)

Tagged Dark Age, James Wilde, Penguin Random House, TransworldLeave a comment

Review: Out Of The Dark – Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on 19/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Britannia, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Britain, The Romans, Thriller

No Smoaking

Tagged Evan Smoak, Gregg Hurwitz, Michael Joseph, Orphan X, Out Of The Dark, Penguin Random HouseLeave a comment

Review: Altar Of Blood – Anthony Riches

Posted on 18/06/201929/11/2020 by Speesh in Crap, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Germania, The Romans

There are probably a lot of these in second-hand bookshops

Tagged Altar Of Blood, Anthony Riches, Empire, Empire IX, Hodder & StoughtonLeave a comment

Review: Metropolis – Philip Kerr

Posted on 08/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Pre-World War I Germany

Das Ende

Tagged Berlin, Bernie Gunther, Germany, Metropolis, Philip Kerr, Quercus BooksLeave a comment

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