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Review: Order in Chaos – Jack Whyte

Posted on by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Knights Templar

My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical Fiction, TemplarsPublisher: Harper CollinsFirst published: 2010ISBN: There's asticker over the ISBNBought From the cover:"On Friday the thirteenth of October 1307, without any warning, King Philip IV of France ordered his armies to arrest every Templar in France during a single morning. Then, with the aid of Pope Clement V, he seized … Continue reading Review: Order in Chaos – Jack Whyte →

Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde

Posted on by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Robin Hood, The Norman Conquest, The Vikings

Hereward 3 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, 1066, EnglandPublisher: Transworld, Random HouseFirst published: 2013ISBN: 978-0-593-06502-0Bought, signed From the cover:"1071. Five years have passed since the Norman's crushing victory at Hastings. England reels under the savage rule of its new king, the one they call 'the Bastard.' the North has been left a wasteland - villages … Continue reading Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde →

Review: Eye of the Red Tsar – Sam Eastland

Posted on by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia

Inspector Pekkala 1 My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical Fiction, Soviet UnionPublisher: Faber & FaberFirst published: 2010ISBN: 978-0-571-24535-2Bought From the cover:"It is the time of the great terror.Inspector Pekkala - known as the Emerald Eye - was once the most famous detective in all Russia, and tha favourite of the Tsar.Now he is prisoner to the men … Continue reading Review: Eye of the Red Tsar – Sam Eastland →