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: Craig Pennington
Published by: Self Published
(The review submitted by the book’s author) 1777 War Drums echo across the Frontier Driven by the promise of a new frontier, Fergus Moorhead, his beautiful young wife, Jane, and a small group of intrepid pioneers challenge the treacherous…
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Written by: Gordon Doherty
Published by: Gordon Doherty
Submitted By: Gordon Doherty
(This review submitted by the book’s author) “What hope has one forgotten soldier of bringing an emperor to justice? Winter, 382 AD. The Gothic War is over. After years of bloodshed, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Goths have struck…
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Written by: Michael Alexander McCarthy
Published by: Independently Published
Submitted By: Edward Galloway
This is the second book in the KingMaker series which follows the progress of some of the ordinary men pulled into Scotland’s struggle to resist Edward 1st of England’s desire to add the crown of Scotland to those of England,…
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Written by: Wayne Grant
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Wayne Grant
This review submitted by the book’s author The Saga of Roland Inness is a story of honor and loss, loyalty and treachery. In Longbow, the first in the series, 14 year old Roland Inness desperately needs meat for his starving…
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Written by: RL Barnesdale
Published by: RL Barnesdale
Submitted By: RL Barnesdale
This review submitted by the book’s author A combination of historical fiction and spiritual fantasy, Promised Land tells the story of the biblical Abraham on his journey to Canaan, in modern day Israel. He is aided by his guardian angel…
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Written by: Ken Czech
Published by: Fireship Press
Submitted By: Ken Czech
This review submitted by the book’s author. Review by Rex Griffin In Kabul, the British Army of 1841, led by incompetent commanders and greedy bureaucrats, is oblivious to the gathering of hostile tribes in the high peaks of Afghanistan’s Hindu…
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Written by: Ollie Ollerton
Published by: Blink Publishing
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
My eleventh read for this year’s bookwormathon is another SAS: Who Dares Wins presenter biography. ‘Point Break’ tells the story of how Ollie Ollerton shrugged off his actions of being a young offender and endeavoured to realize an ambition of…
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Written by: William James and Andrew Lambert
Published by: Conway Maritime Press
Submitted By: Geraint
William James was the greatest historian of the 1812 war between the United Kingdom and the United States. A combination of timing and sheer genius placed this man, blessed with astonishing acuity, in the US just at the time when…
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Written by: Simon Scarrow
Published by: Headline
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
My tenth read for 2019 – and ashamedly my first taste of Scarrow’s superb style – is ‘Invictus’. It follows protagonists Macro and Cato as they are given command of a Praetorian Cohort with one vital mission: to help crush…
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Written by: Stuart Laycock
Published by: Amberley Publishing
Submitted By: Stuart Laycock
This review submitted by the book’s author Great historical fiction, like Bernard Cornwell’s, gives a new and fresh angle on the past. Now I’m attempting the same by reinventing the art of historical poetry. I am a historian and this…
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