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Category: Historical Fiction

Review: Mission to Paris – Alan Furst

Posted on 30/12/201427/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction

First among equals

Tagged Alan Furst, David Downing, John Russell, Mission To Paris, Phoenix3 Comments

Review: 1066: What Fates Impose – G.K. Holloway

Posted on 19/11/201413/01/2024 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Norman Conquest

1066 and, all that.

Tagged 1066, 1066 What Fates Impose, G.K. Holloway, Justin Hill, Marc Morris, Shieldwall, The Norman Conquest, Troubador PublishingLeave a comment

Review: Natchez Burning – Greg Iles

Posted on 05/11/201413/01/2024 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

It's what you love about the south.

Tagged Greg Iles, Harper Collins, Ku Klux Klan, Natchez Burning, Steven KingLeave a comment

Review: A Colder War – Charles Cumming

Posted on 20/10/201427/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction, The Cold War

Red hot

Tagged A Colder War, A Foreign Country, A Spy By Nature, Charles Cumming, Edward Wilson, Harper Collins, John le Carré, John Purkiss, The Cold War, The Whitehall Mandarin, Thomas Kell, Tim StevensLeave a comment

Review: The Holy Thief – William Ryan

Posted on 30/08/201412/01/2024 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia, The Cold War

As Stalin's Great Terror begins, a killer strikes

Tagged David Downing, Korolev, Mantle Books, Pekala, Sam Eastland, The Holy Thief, William RyanLeave a comment

Review: Defender of Rome – Douglas Jackson

Posted on 25/07/201408/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Roman in the gloaming.

Tagged Ancient Rome, Bantam Press, Defender of Rome, Douglas Jackson, Hero Of Rome, RomeLeave a comment

Review: Of Merchants and Heroes – Paul Waters

Posted on 24/07/201407/01/2024 by Speesh in Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Read it if you must

Tagged Ancient Rome, Anthony Riches, Greece, Macmillan, Manda Scott, Of Merchants and Heroes, Paul Waters, Roman EmpireLeave a comment

Review: Conquest – Stewart Binns

Posted on 15/07/201403/01/2024 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Norman Conquest

The Wake

Tagged Aarhus, Conquest, El Cid, Hereward, Norman Conquest of England, Penguin Books, Stewart Binns, The Normans, VikingsLeave a comment

Review: The Lion and the Lamb – John Henry Clay

Posted on 01/07/201403/01/2024 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

The end of an era

Tagged Anthony Riches, Douglas Jackson, Emma, Empire, Hodder & Stoughton, Jane Austin, John Henry Clay, The Lion And The LambLeave a comment

Review: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy – Len Deighton

Posted on 14/06/201429/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction, The Cold War

Fizz, pop

Tagged Cold War, Harper Collins, Len Deighton, Twinkle Twinkle Little SpyLeave a comment

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