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: Richard Mann
Published by: Gateway Books
Submitted By: Budi Primawan
A good story of Sir Stamford Raffles, simply the most famous and most influential Briton in South-East Asia. His life story could compare to a good historical fiction. Like Sharpe, he raised from a poor family in London, into one…
Read More...Written by: Victor Hugo
Published by: Mass Market Paperback
Submitted By: Christopher
Jean Valjean is released on parole after 19 years of slavery. He manages to borrow a room from the Bishop of Digne, yet late at night he steals some silver and flees. He is caught by constables and brought back…
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Written by: Richard Woodman
Published by: Sphere Books Ltd 1984
Submitted By: Russ Campbell
I’ve just finished the 1st of the Nathaniel Drinkwater series by Richard Woodman and am pleased to report it was a really good read. Lots of action and a realistic recreation of the turn of the 19th century British navy….
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Written by: Russell Braddon
Published by: Birlinn Limited
Submitted By: Rebecca
So not a recent publication (1951, in fact) but I have only just read it after several years of intending to do so, and I now wish I had read it as soon as feasibly possible. Although many are probably…
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Written by: John Wilcox
Published by: Headline Book Publishing
Submitted By: Pete Cook
It’s 1879 and Lt. Simon Fonthill is dispatched to South Africa for his first taste of active service, having been branded a coward by his former C.O. Not to original a start I know, but his subsequent secret mission into…
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Written by: Robert Carter
Published by: Orion
Submitted By: lee howard
Set in the sixteenth century about two brothers who get mixed up in piracy and political intrigue between England and Spain, ranging from Mexico to the Tower of London ending with the invasion fleet of the Spanish Armada. All the…
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Written by: Stephen Hunter
Published by: Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster
Submitted By: David Coates
The first book in a series starring Earl Swagger, ex-USMC and taciturn warrior. Earl Swagger is Richard Sharpe’s US equivalent in the 20th Century. We first meet Swagger in the final act in his long Marine career collecting the Medal…
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Written by: Tom Clancy
Published by: Mass Market Paperback
Submitted By: Oliver Cartz
This is a great book which introduces to you the character Jack Ryan. Thrilling action with great accuracy of tactics and military technology. Clancy’s tale has also been produced into a movie starring Sean Connery. doesnt that say something.
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Written by: Bernard Cornwell
Published by: HarperCollins
Submitted By: Christopher
I Know this is probably a strange idea to review a Cornwell on his own website but it is a great book and I like it wery much. It is set during the Mahratta war and it reflects the difficulties…
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Written by: Christian Cameron
Published by: Harper Collins
Submitted By: Geraint
An enjoyable novel set in the American Revolution. It tells the parallel tale of George Washington and a black slave called Caeser who worked for him and how he escaped and joins the British army. An insteresting book that tackels…
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