Regular readers will have noticed that I haven’t posted for a while; nearly three months, in fact. Unfortunately, I haven’t been too well during that…
Author: Simon
A memoir is a curious thing. Every one is written for a slightly different reason; to cash in on passing fame, to airbrush history, sometimes…
It was this series that first brought me to the work of Simon Turney. There are a large number of authors writing Roman fiction, and…
Lonesome Dove was the first western novel I ever read, persuaded by it’s inclusion in so many ‘must read’ lists. I was impressed by it’s…
Portugal has had, in many ways, a troubled history. At the extreme west of Europe, facing the Atlantic Ocean, the country has always seemed far…
I love a fictional series; for me there is nothing like seeing characters develop over time. When writing a single novel, the author has to…
I love historical fiction but seventeenth century England is not a setting that would normally attract me. I suspect it may be memories of various…
Xerxes is one of those names that anyone interested in history knows. But what do most of us know about him? Personally, I knew him…
History set in the ancient world is very popular, and there are a huge number of authors for enthusiasts to choose from. In my experience…
There is a huge amount of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome, much of it, for me, very ordinary and very repetitive. There are umpteen…