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 Rutherford-Moore
Published by: Capall Bann 1998
Submitted By: david underhill
Perhaps the most enlightened historian I have ever known, a book, as the title suggests, on the facts of Robin Hood. Written from a non-academic viewpoint this book is a delightfully easy read crammed with enlightening information scrutinised beyond belief…
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Written by: David Macaulay
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Submitted By: Steven Smith
Although it is intended for children, this book, in a series by David Macaulay, gives a really fun way to look at history through illustration. I really enjoy the feel of this book and the detail of the pictures. It…
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Written by: Colleen McCullough
Published by: Morrow,William & Co
Submitted By: Michael Wolf
These books are fiction novels spanning from the turbulent years of Marius and Sulla through the rise of Julius Caesar. It offers a unique perspective into the life and times of the Dictator.
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Written by: Brian Stone
Published by: Viking Press
Submitted By: Matt
A good yarn written in the medievil days by an unknown author, it is about one of Arthur’s knights, Gawain, and an adventure he had that ended with a fight with the Green Knight.
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Written by: David Howarth
Published by: Antheneum
Submitted By: Matt
a good history of the battle described in “Sharpe’s Trafalgar”. Howarth also wrote a book on Waterloo, but I never read it.
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Written by: Max Byrd
Published by: Bantam Books
Submitted By: Matt
One of my favorite books (besides the Sharpe series), “Jefferson” tells they story of Thomas Jefferson after the Revolution, in the 1780’s. The setting is France, just before the French Revolution. The book is written through the eyes of a…
Read More...Written by: Philippe-Paul de Segur
Published by: The Riverside Press
Submitted By: Matt
A good account of the disastrous Russian Campaign, which set the stage for Napoleon’s ultimate defeat. Written by the Comte de Segur, Napoleon’s Aide-de-Camp.May be hard to find in UK; it was published by a local publisher in Cambridge, Mass.
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Written by: Sylvian Hamilton
Published by: Orion 2000
Submitted By: michael pullin
Witty to the very edge of “pythonesque”, the bone pedlar is the story of Sir Richard Straccan and his motley crew of medieval “relic hunters”. It features Witchcraft, lunatics, whores and a feast of naughty people. It is the first…
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Written by: Mary Doria Russell
Published by: Black Swan
Submitted By: Barry Cunningham
I came across this book by chance and I was so glad I did. Few books have gripped me so well so early. Science Fiction? Fantasy? Some might pigeon hole it. It is an amazing adventure with a wonderful cast….
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Written by: Daniel Hall
Published by: Orion
Submitted By: Neil
The adventures of Martin Kemp, a foot soldier and archer during the Hundred Years War. An excellent novel set in the same period as “Harlequin”.
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