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Review: The Ways of the World – Robert Goddard

Posted on 08/02/201420/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Between The Wars, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Spy Fiction

Magnifique!

Review: The Last Caesar – Henry Venmore-Rowland

Posted on 05/01/201417/12/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

My version: HardbackGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Bantam Press, TransworldFirst published: 2012ISBN: 978-0-593-06851-9Pages: 312Bought From the cover:AD 68. The tyrant emperor Nero has no son and no heir.Suddenly there's the very real possibility that Rome might become a republic once more. But the ambitions of a few are about to bring corruption, chaos and untold bloodshed to the … Continue reading Review: The Last Caesar – Henry Venmore-Rowland →

Review: Spies of The Balkans – Alan Furst

Posted on 17/12/201317/12/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Second World War

Night Soldiers 11 My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical Fiction, World War IIPublisher: W&NFirst published: 2014ISBN: 978-1780228914Bought From the cover:Salonika, 1940. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape. In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers.Costa … Continue reading Review: Spies of The Balkans – Alan Furst →

Review: Feud – Derek Birks

Posted on 17/12/201317/12/2023 by Speesh in 15th Century Britain, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Fresh roses

Review: Warlord – Angus Donald

Posted on 30/11/201319/09/2023 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Robin Hood, The Norman Conquest

Warlord. About Alan Dale. And some other bloke.

Review: The Pagan Lord – Bernard Cornwell

Posted on 04/11/201326/12/2023 by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings, Viking Britain

When Bernard Cornwell is on form, he can be at least as good, if not a whole lot better, than most everyone else. When he's ticking over, he's also a whole lot better than a whole lot of other writers in the Historical Fiction field.

Review: Victory Square – Olen Steinhauer

Posted on 27/10/201314/09/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, East Germany, Fiction, Germany, Historical Fiction, Spy, The Cold War

Well-plotted...currents of rebellion and pro-democracy fervor sizzæe in the air and this story catches all the danger and excitement of the historiuc moment

Review: Knights of the Hawk – James Aitcheson

Posted on 21/10/201309/09/2023 by Speesh in 1066, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Norman Conquest

I just read the best book of the year.

Review: Order in Chaos – Jack Whyte

Posted on 08/10/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Knights Templar

My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical Fiction, TemplarsPublisher: Harper CollinsFirst published: 2010ISBN: There's asticker over the ISBNBought From the cover:"On Friday the thirteenth of October 1307, without any warning, King Philip IV of France ordered his armies to arrest every Templar in France during a single morning. Then, with the aid of Pope Clement V, he seized … Continue reading Review: Order in Chaos – Jack Whyte →

Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde

Posted on 12/09/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Robin Hood, The Norman Conquest, The Vikings

Hereward 3 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, 1066, EnglandPublisher: Transworld, Random HouseFirst published: 2013ISBN: 978-0-593-06502-0Bought, signed From the cover:"1071. Five years have passed since the Norman's crushing victory at Hastings. England reels under the savage rule of its new king, the one they call 'the Bastard.' the North has been left a wasteland - villages … Continue reading Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde →