Series: Hereward 1 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, Hereward, 1066, the Norman conquestPublisher: Transworld PublishersFirst published: 2012ISBN: 9780553825169Pages: 480Bought From the cover:"1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can … Continue reading Review: Hereward – James Wilde
History, as written by the winners
From bloody battles and riotous feast days, to marauding packs of wolves
A wonderfully rewarding read
From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance
“Either with it or upon it.” Spartan mothers to their sons in regards to their shields.
My version: HardbackGenre: Non Fiction History, World War IIPublisher: Harper Press (Harper Collins)First published: 2011Pages: 748ISBN: 978-0-00-733809-2Bought From the cover:"This is a study of the greatest and most terrible event in history, which shows its impact upon hundreds of millions of people around the world - soldiers, sailors and airmen; British housewives and Indian peasants; SS … Continue reading Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings
The forgotten east
Another fine Mesopotamia
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Knights of the Temple: the Third Crusade under Richard the Lionheart.
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