Simon Sebag Montefiore is one of our more prominent historians. His non-fiction books are authoritative, very readable, and popular. His TV series are also a…
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Philip Matyszak has form, as far as I’m concerned! He has written a number of books about the ancient world, all of which have been…
Marcus Didius Falco is one of those characters that you wish you had thought of, rather than leaving it to Lindsey Davis! Her series featuring…
I will say straightaway that I am a fan of Simon Turney. He is, above all, a story teller, and his books, whether set in…
The French Foreign Legion is one of those organisations that has achieved almost mythical status. This is not accidental. Over the years, it has worked…
This series by S J Parris has been something of a slow burn for me. Her fictional account of the life of Giordano Bruno puzzled…
I will confess right at the beginning, that I love animation, and always have. When I was a child, there were only two or three…
Sometimes, a series can go on too long. Sometimes, authors are tempted to drag a story out until the reader rather wishes it had ended…
In the years since the Second World War, there have been a number of generations of books and films covering events – both real and…
The Roman Empire is one of those historical entities that almost everyone in the West knows something about, even if they are not really interested…