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Review: Berlin Red – Sam Eastland

Posted on 18/01/202024/09/2020 by Speesh in Fiction, Germany, Historical Fiction, Russia, The Second World War, The Soviet Union, World War II Germany

Finnish

Review: Night Flight To Paris – David Gilman

Posted on 11/08/201911/08/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Spy, The Second World War, World War II

All aboard!

Review: Prussian Blue – Philip Kerr

Posted on 22/08/201822/08/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Post WWII, Post-War Germany, The Second World War, World War II Germany

"Streets ahead of most other historical thrillers" - The Times

Review: The Other Side of Silence – Philip Kerr

Posted on 15/06/201819/06/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Post-War Germany, Spy, The Second World War, The Soviet Union

"Kerr's Bernie Gunther books are modern classics" - Simon Sebag Montefiore

Review: The Lady From Zagreb – Philip Kerr

Posted on 15/03/201804/06/2018 by Speesh in Historical Fiction, Post WWII, Post-War Germany, The Second World War, World War II Germany

Seems like it's much better to have come FROM Zagreb

Review: Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble – Antony Beevor

Posted on 15/11/2017 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

December, 1944. Hitler launches his last gamble: soldiers and tanks pour into the snowy forests and gorges of the Ardennes. In the most hostile conditions since Stalingrad a million men do bloody battle to determine the end of the Second World War

Review: The Third Reich in Power by Richard J. Evans (The History of the Third Reich, #2)

Posted on 13/11/2017 by Speesh in History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, The Second World War

5 of 5 stars Series: The History of The Third Reich 2 My version: Audiobook Non Fiction Germany, WWII The Penguin Press 2005 StoryTel subscription The definitive account of Germany's malign transformation under Hitler's total rule and the implacable march to war. By the middle of 1933, the democracy of the Weimar Republic had been transformed into the police … Continue reading Review: The Third Reich in Power by Richard J. Evans (The History of the Third Reich, #2) →

Review: The Holocaust: A New History – Laurence Rees

Posted on 18/10/2017 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

5 of 5 stars My version: Audiobook Non Fiction Viking 2017 StoryTel subscription Laurence Rees' masterpiece is revealing in three ways. First, it is based not only on the latest academic research, but also on 25 years of interviewing survivors and perpetrators, often at the sites of the events, many of whom have never had their words published … Continue reading Review: The Holocaust: A New History – Laurence Rees →