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Category: History

Review: Forgotten Voices of The Holocaust: A new history in the words of the men and women who survived – Lyn Smith

Posted on 08/03/201818/05/2018 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Holocaust

It doesn't hit home harder than in the words of the people themselves

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Review: A Quiet Flame – Philip Kerr

Posted on 08/09/2017 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Post WWII, Second World War

Buy one with this cover, please

Tagged A Quiet Flame, Argentina, Bernie Gunther, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Philip Kerr1 Comment

Review: The One From The Other – Philip Kerr

Posted on 22/03/201726/03/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Post-War Germany, Second World War

You can't tell

Tagged Berlin, Bernie Gunther, Munich, Philip Kerr, Quercus Books, The One From The Other, ViennaLeave a comment

Review: A German Requiem – Philip Kerr

Posted on 14/04/201627/04/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War

Oh Vienna...

Tagged A German Requiem, David Downing, March Violets, Philip Kerr, Savage Continent, The Pale CriminalLeave a comment

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

Tagged All Hell Let Loose, Antony Beevor, Forged In Fury, Keith Lowe, Max Hastings, Michael Elkins, Savage Continent3 Comments

Review: The Pale Criminal – Philip Kerr

Posted on 22/02/201624/04/2026 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War

A little town in Germany

Tagged Berlin Noir, Bernie Gunther, David Downing, March Violets, Nazi Germany, Philip Kerr, The Pale CriminalLeave a comment

Review: March Violets – Philip Kerr

Posted on 26/11/201521/04/2026 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War

March Violence

Tagged Bernie Gunther, David Downing, March Violets, Nazi Germany, Philip Kerr, Time TravelLeave a comment

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

Tagged Auschwitz, Hanns and Rudolf, Nazi Germany, Thomas HardingLeave a comment

Review: The Northmen’s Fury – Philip Parker

Posted on 13/09/201519/03/2024 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, Vikings

Lord, save us...another Viking history.

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Review: Catastrophe – Max Hastings

Posted on 12/09/201519/03/2024 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The First World War

The war to end all wars that started another

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