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Category: Britain/England

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Review: The Lone Warrior – Paul Fraser Collard

Posted on 02/05/2017 by Speesh in British Empire, Fiction, Historical Fiction

You can't get away with that kind of thing in International cricket any more, not even here in Bombay!

Tagged Headline Books, India, Indian Mutiny, Jack Lark, Paul Fraser Collard, The British Empire, The Lone WarriorLeave a comment

Review: Kin of Cain (A short novella of The Bernicia Chronicles) – Matthew Harffy

Posted on 02/03/2017 by Speesh in Dark Age Britain, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Who's afraid of the big bad wulf?

Tagged Aria Fiction, England, Head Of Zeus, Kin of Cain, Matthew Harffy, The Bernicia Chronicles, The Dark AgesLeave a comment

Review: Hereward The Bloody Crown – James Wilde

Posted on 15/02/2017 by Speesh in 1066, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

1066 and all that

Tagged Bantam Press, Hereward, Hereward The Bloody Crown, James Wilde, Mitch Rapp, Vince FlynnLeave a comment

Review: The Devil's Assassin – Paul Fraser Collard

Posted on 20/01/201727/04/2026 by Speesh in British Empire, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Spy

The Devil in the details

Tagged Headline Books, India, Jack Lark, Paul Fraser Collard, The British Empire, The Devil's Assassin, The Maharaja's General, The Scarlet ThiefLeave a comment

Review: The Death of Robin Hood – Angus Donald

Posted on 18/01/201701/06/2019 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Robin Hood

A dearth of Robin Hood

Tagged Alan Dale, Angus Donald, King John, Magna Carta, Sphere, The Death Of Robin Hood, The Outlaw ChroniclesLeave a comment

Review: The Wolf and the Raven by Steven A. McKay

Posted on 05/11/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Medieval England, Robin Hood

In touch with the ground

Tagged Angus Donald, Outlaw, Steven A. McKay, The Forest Lord, The Wolf And The Raven, Wolf's Head1 Comment

Review: Gods of War – C.R. May

Posted on 30/08/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Dark Age Britain, Dark Age Europe, eBooks, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Dark Ages

Buying England by the pound

Tagged Angles, Anglo Saxons, Britain A.D., C.R. May, E.S.Moxon, England, Fire & Steel, Francis Pryor, Gods Of War, King's Bane, Matthew Harffy, The Serpent Sword, Vikings, Wulfsuna2 Comments

Review: Keane’s Company – Iain Gale

Posted on 21/08/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in British Empire, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Napoleonic Wars

Not quite as mustard

Tagged Douglas Reeman, Iain Gale, James Keane, Keane's Company, Paul Fraser Collard, Sharpe, The Dirty Dozen, The Scarlet ThiefLeave a comment

Review: Lionheart – Stewart Binns

Posted on 22/07/201619/03/2024 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Knights Templar, Medieval England, Robin Hood

For lions

Tagged Anarchy, Conquest, Crusade, Lionheart, Penguin, Richard The Lionheart, Stewart BinnsLeave a comment

Review: The Harrowing – James Aitcheson

Posted on 16/07/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in 1066, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Medieval England, The Norman Conquest

Every time I look over my shoulder, I expect to see my death coming

Tagged Heron Books, James Aitcheson, Tancred, The Bloody Aftermath, The Harrowing, The Norman Conquest2 Comments

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