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…
For an author of historical fiction sitting in front of a blank page looking for a new character, there are two main options. Choose a…
Vespasian is one of the more appealing Roman emperors. Emerging after the volatile ‘year of the four emperors’, we know surprisingly little about him. This,…
Over the last twenty years or so, there have been a huge number of books written by British people who have gone to live abroad,…