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Category: Historical Fiction

Review: The Secret Speech – Tom Rob Smith

Posted on 01/10/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, The Cold War, The Soviet Union, Uncategorized

Listen, do you wanna know a secret? No!

Tagged Child 44, Joseph Stalin, Khrushchev, Leo Demidov, Putin, Russian Revolution, Stalin, The Bloody Meadow, The Secret Speech, Tom Rob Smith, William RyanLeave a comment

Review: The Far Shore – Nick Brown

Posted on 01/09/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

In to Africa

Tagged Agent of Rome, Hodder and Stoughton, Nick Brown, Roman Empire, The Far ShoreLeave a 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

Review: The Maharaja’s General – Paul Fraser Collard

Posted on 03/07/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, British Empire, Fiction, Historical Fiction

The only thing left in Pandora’s box? Jack Lark

Tagged India, Jack Lark, Paul Fraser Collard, The Maharaja's General, The Scarlet ThiefLeave a comment

Review: Imperial Fire – Robert Lyndon

Posted on 23/06/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Medieval Europe

Far fetched

Tagged China, Hawk Quest, Imperial Fire, Robert LyndonLeave a comment

Review: Scourge of Rome – Douglas Jackson

Posted on 19/06/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

To be continued...

Tagged Christianity, Douglas Jackson, Gaius Valerius Verrens, Hero Of Rome, Jews, Josephus, Robert Fabbri, Scourge Of Rome, VespasianLeave a comment

Review: Anarchy – Stewart Binns

Posted on 11/06/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in 1066, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Knights Templar, Medieval England

Not in the UK

Tagged Anarchy, Conquest, Hereward, Hereward Wolves Of New Rome, James Wilde, Stewart BinnsLeave a comment

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