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Category: Non Fiction

Review: The Far Traveller: Voyages of a Viking Woman – Nancy Marie Brown

Posted on 16/04/201819/06/2018 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, Uncategorized, Vikings

Wonderful book

Tagged Harcourt Books, Iceland, Icelandic Sagas, Margaret Elphinstone, Nancy Marie Brown, The Far Traveller, The New World, The Sea Road, Vikings, Vikings In AmericaLeave a comment

Review: The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World’s Greatest Snipers – Craig Harrison

Posted on 14/04/201814/06/2018 by Speesh in Conflict, Modern Terrorism, Non Fiction

On target

Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Iraq, Pan Macmillan, Sgt Craig Harrison, The British Army, The Longest Kill2 Comments

Review: Zealot. The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth – Reza Aslan

Posted on 19/03/201811/06/2018 by Speesh in Biblical History, History, Non Fiction

'Aslan's riveting biography ... synthesises Scripture and scholarship to create an original account' The New Yorker

Tagged Christianity, Jesus, Religion, Reza Aslan, The Westbourne Press, Zealot1 Comment

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

Tagged Ebury Press, Forgotten Voices Of The Holocaust, Lyn Smith, Nazi Germany, The HolocaustLeave a comment

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

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