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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: 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 →

Review: SS-GB – Len Deighton

Posted on 09/09/201305/09/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War

Leonardo da Deighton.

Review: Silesian Station – David Downing

Posted on 27/08/201305/09/2023 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy

It's what they aren't, that makes them what they are.

Review: Eye of the Red Tsar – Sam Eastland

Posted on 13/07/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia

Inspector Pekkala 1 My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical Fiction, Soviet UnionPublisher: Faber & FaberFirst published: 2010ISBN: 978-0-571-24535-2Bought From the cover:"It is the time of the great terror.Inspector Pekkala - known as the Emerald Eye - was once the most famous detective in all Russia, and tha favourite of the Tsar.Now he is prisoner to the men … Continue reading Review: Eye of the Red Tsar – Sam Eastland →