The Second World War – Couldn't I Just Tell You

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: Savage Continent – Keith Lowe

Posted on 09/04/201619/03/2024 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

Just be glad you weren't there

Review: Hanns and Rudolf – Thomas Harding

Posted on 28/09/201519/03/2024 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history - John le Carré

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: 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.