If you’re a regular reader of historical fiction, you will know that some places and times are better served than others. Ancient Rome has more…
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I remember reading ‘Stalin ate my Homework’, the first volume of Alexei Sayle’s autobiography some years ago, and thoroughly enjoying it. His family and early…
Robert Fabbri’s fictional account of the life of Vespasian has got better and better through the series. This is the sixth volume and covers the…
This book enthralled and frustrated me in equal measure. In the preface, Peter Frankopan describes how his interest in history was born, and how he…
I was aware that there were a few individuals involved in the liberation of some of South America from Spanish rule – Thomas Cochrane…
Until a couple of years ago, I had never read a novel set in the American West. Although I have seen numerous films of the…
This is a wonderful little book. Written by Marcus Sidonius Falx (as told to Jerry Toner), it takes us one step at a time through the process of…
We are now so accustomed to being asked to review everything we buy online that we don’t think twice before selecting a rating and clicking…
Most people interested in the history of the Second World War are aware that many women in the Soviet Union took up arms against the…
For me, S J A Turney is one of the best historical fiction writers around at the moment. As anyone interested in fiction set in…