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Review: Thunder of the Gods – Anthony Riches

Posted on 16/03/201916/03/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

The best battle cry they could come up with, was "Tungria!"?

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Review: Vector/Tradecraft Phase Zero – Michael Shusko

Posted on 14/03/201905/04/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

CSI on steroids

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Review: Swordland – Edward Ruadh Butler

Posted on 09/03/201909/03/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Medieval Ireland, Medieval Wales, The Norman Conquest

Stormin' Norman

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Review: War of the Wolf – Bernard Cornwell

Posted on 27/02/201927/04/2019 by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings

Bernard Cornwell's 2018 The Last Kingdom book

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Review: Justice Gone – N. Lombardi Jr

Posted on 20/02/201921/02/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

More than meets the eye

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Review: The Company – Robert Littell

Posted on 14/02/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

May well be the best espionage book ever. I'd like to see better...

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Review: The Midnight Line – Lee Child

Posted on 06/02/201917/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

High jinks

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Review: Palace of Treason – Jason Matthews

Posted on 03/02/201917/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

There's a rat in me kitchen

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Review: The Travelers – Chris Pavone

Posted on 22/01/201906/02/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

Fully booked

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The Icelandic Sagas: Europe’s most important book? | Books | The Guardian

Posted on 17/01/201917/01/2019 by Speesh in Fiction

The Icelandic Sagas fits our modern sense of storytelling

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