Reading Club

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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THE PURSUIT OF VICTORY

Written by: Roger Knight

Published by: Perseus Books Group

Submitted By: Bernard

If you want just one biography of Nelson, this is it. A marvellous book which will surely become the classic life.

THE COMMAND OF THE OCEAN

Written by: N. A. M. Rodger

Published by: Allen Lane. London

Submitted By: Bernard

This is the second of Rodger’s trilogy on the history of the Royal Navy, and it’s going to be a classic. It tells the story between 1649 and 1815, and is quite brilliant on the Napoleonic perioid. It’s big, scholarly,…

AGINCOURT

Written by: Juliet Barker

Published by: Little, Brown. London

Submitted By: Bernard

This is an enthralling account of Henry V’s Campign in 1415. The English army he took to France was small, but of extraordinarily high quality, and it began by besieging Harfleur. From there it all starts to go wrong, until…

EAGLE IN THE SNOW

Written by: Wallace Breem

Published by: Weidenfeld & Nicholson History

Submitted By: S. Denny

Eagle in the Snow is a tremendous piece of writing. Viewed against a field of excellent historical fiction available today — our beloved Cornwell much included, as well as Steven Pressfield and others — this is a great read. Much…

TENACIOUS

Written by: Julian Stockwin

Published by: Hodder & Stoughton (UK)

Submitted By: David Coote

The sixth book in the series finds Thomas Paine Kydd serving as Fifth Lieutenant in Tenacious on the Canadian station when she is re-assigned to join Admiral the Earl of St Vincent to blockade the Spanish port of Cadiz. There…

PRIDE OF CARTHAGE

Written by: David Anthony Durham

Published by: Doubleday

Submitted By: Neil Dicken

I have just finished this fantastic book today and am already 100 pages into Bernards’ latest offering The Pale Horseman, which I am delighted to say is up to his his usual impeccable standards. Pride of Carthage tells the story…

THE EAGLE & THE RAVEN

Written by: Pauline Gedge

Published by: Macmillian

Submitted By: Charmaine Lewis

I read this book last year, and I really loved it. It’s about the tribes in Roman Britain, in the times of Bodicca. Excellent book, I highly recommend it to everyone!

TO RULE THE WAVES

Written by: Arthur Herman

Published by: Hodder & Stoughton 2005

Submitted By: Darko Matijas

With great anticipation I purchased a book that was recomMended by one Saul David, and I must say, it was money well spent, even with all the misgivings taken into account. The magnificence of Herman’s storytelling kept me awake for…

SHALIMAR THE CLOWN

Written by: Salman Rushdie

Published by: Random House

Submitted By: Carl Adam

A masterpiece – a beautiful, painful, terrifying book, both fantastical and harshly realistic, filled with complex and memorable characters, and completely unpredictable in its blend of political thriller, folktale, melodrama, reportage and even science fiction.

TRUE WAR STORIES

Written by: JON E LEWIS

Published by: Constable & Robinson

Submitted By: RAY GLOVER

This book is not written by the author but is an edited series of letters written by various soldiers in the field. The campaigns range from the American War of Independance to the Texan war ,the Indian war and the…