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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Gods of Rome (Rise of Emperors #3)

Written by: Gordon Doherty & Simon Turney

Published by: Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book

Submitted By: Gordon Doherty

(This review submitted by the book’s author) For one to rule, the other must die. 312 AD is a year of horrific and brutal warfare. Constantine’s northern army is a small force, plagued by religious rivalries, but seemingly unstoppable as…

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Heathenry & The Sea

Written by: Dan Coultas

Published by: Independently Published

Submitted By: Dan Coultas

(This review submitted by the book’s author) Since the revival of Heathenry in the second half of the 20th century, much has been written about how the spiritual beliefs held by the people of Northern Europe in the early medieval…

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Prosper in the Ranks

Written by: Lawrence Bonney

Published by: Independently Published

Submitted By: Lawrence Bonney

(This review submitted by the book’s author) A vagabond arrested for bounty-jumping, William Prosper only joined the Continental Army to avoid the noose. Neither a patriot, nor a hero, there is little to keep him from deserting, and it is…

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Highgate

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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All Quiet on the Western Front

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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Rough Music

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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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

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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Rebels on the Niagara: The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866

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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The Fall of English France 1449–53

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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