Bantam Press – Couldn't I Just Tell You

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Review: Icon – Frederick Forsyth

Posted on 05/09/202605/09/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Russia, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Cold War, The Soviet Union, Thriller

It was the best of times it was the worst of times

Review: The Bear King – James Wilde

Posted on 13/12/202313/12/2023 by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Britain/England, Britannia, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Britannia

Saved the best-ish for last-ish

Review: Pendragon – James Wilde

Posted on 24/11/201825/11/2018 by Speesh in Britain/England, Britannia, Dark Age Britain, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Pendrabon

Review: Glory of Rome – Douglas Jackson

Posted on 22/01/201821/01/2018 by Speesh in Britannia, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Book eight, about the Ninth

Review: Saviour of Rome – Douglas Jackson

Posted on 21/07/2017 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Cum occurrit, quod non occidendum!

Review: Gone Tomorrow – Lee Child

Posted on 05/05/2017 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

The French suicide bomber - Napoleon Blownapart

Review: Nothing to Lose – Lee Child

Posted on 01/05/2017 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

Here We Go Again, down the lonely street of dreams

Review: The Hard Way – Lee Child

Posted on 22/03/201726/03/2024 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

Child's play

Review: Hereward The Bloody Crown – James Wilde

Posted on 15/02/2017 by Speesh in 1066, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

1066 and all that

Review: Hereward Wolves of New Rome – James Wilde

Posted on 19/05/201527/03/2024 by Speesh in 1066, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Norman Conquest, The Vikings

Hereward 4 set in 1072, featuring the English hero Hereward leading his men to Byzantium, facing betrayal and war.