I assume you're here at this website because you like my books. Good. And that also means you might like the books I enjoy reading, and that all of us might enjoy the books that you read, so this is simply a place where we can exchange news of books - any books - not just historical novels. Tell us if you've read something wonderful and entertaining, and we'll post your recommendations and reviews here. And, please, let us know what you think of these recommendations!
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Written by: Shani Struthers
Published by: Authors Reach
Submitted By: Robin Driscoll
I would really like to nominate for the club’s consideration, ‘Highgate’ by Shani Struthers. She is a prolific writer of over 20 books and has built a huge following of largely Paranormal fans over the years. This is a story…
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Written by: Erich Maria Remarque
Published by: Vintage Books
Submitted By: Luiz Fernando Melo Martins
I’ve never read books on how brutal and dehumanizing war is. I’ve picked up this books because I was in boot camp, and my platoon had to review a book in order to develop our skills to deliver a speech…
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Written by: Robin Driscoll
Published by: Authors Reach
Submitted By: Richard Hardie
Robin Driscoll co-wrote all the Mr Bean TV episodes and the two film scripts. This was his first of a series of thrillers. I love them! A lawyer running from the Russian mob. A jilted lover hard on his heels…
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Written by: William Dalrymple
Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing
Submitted By: Geraint
In the spring of 1839, Britain invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British…
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Written by: Lawrence E. Cline
Published by: State University of New York Press
Submitted By: Geraint
In what is now largely considered a footnote in history, Americans invaded Canada along the Niagara Frontier in 1866. The group behind the invasion—the Fenian Brotherhood—was formed in 1858 by Irish nationalists in New York City in order to fight…
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Written by: David Nicolle
Published by: Osprey
Submitted By: Geraint
Despite the great English victories at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the French eventually triumphed in the Hundred Years War. This book examines the last campaign of the war, covering the great battles at Formigny in 1450 and Castillon in 1453,…
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Written by: C.G. Faulkner
Published by: Falcons' Rest Farm Publishing
Submitted By: C. G. Faulkner
This review submitted by the book’s author. U.S. Naval Officer Ethan Fortner, a hero of the War in the Pacific, is haunted by a personal tragedy and the horrors of the Pearl Harbor attack. As 1943 approaches, he is offered…
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Written by: Brendan Simms
Published by: Penguin
Submitted By: Geraint
A really fantastic book that examines Britain’s rise in the 1700’s and how they spectacularly won an Empire to how they equally spectacularly lost it. I recommend this book to all Cornwell fans
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Written by: Donald E. Graves
Published by: Robin Brass Studio
Submitted By: Geraint
In 1838, seeing political turbulence in Canada as an opportunity, a clandestine American organization, the Patriot Hunters, launched a series of attacks across the border. The Hunters hoped to duplicate the success of the Texas rebellion two years before when…
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Written by: James Clavell
Published by: Hodder Paperbacks
Submitted By: Ben Potter
I saw Shōgun was here but, for me, Tai Pan is much more akin to Cornwell. Based on the real story and people involved in the founding and early development of Hong Kong, the story centres around political and social…
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