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Review: Zoo Station – David Downing

Posted on 04/06/201305/09/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy

"A extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany on the eve of war", says CJ Sansom author of 'Winter in Madrid'. He's not wrong.

Review: XPD – Len Deighton

Posted on 23/02/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction

Close, but cigar not in close enough proximity.

Review: The Second World War – Antony Beevor

Posted on 20/10/201205/09/2023 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's The Second World War never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.

Review: The Polish Officer – Alan Furst

Posted on 09/04/201205/09/2023 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Second World War

From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance

Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings

Posted on 26/03/201205/09/2023 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

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 →