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Written by: Donald R. Hickey
Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
Submitted By: Geraint
Whether or not the United States “won” the war of 1812, two engagements that occurred toward the end of the conflict had an enormous influence on the development of American identity: the successful defenses of the cities of Baltimore and…
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Written by: Dean Hamilton
Published by: Tyburn Tree Publishing
Submitted By: Dean Hamilton
This review submitted by the book’s author. Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned play-actor and part-time intelligencer for the Queen’s spymaster Francis Walsingham, is back in London and adrift. Penniless, cut loose from both his playing troupe and his mercurial employer, Tyburn…
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Written by: Jack Kilborn (J A Konrath)
Published by: Headline
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
My ninth read for this year is something different to the genres I normally read: the only horror titles I’m familiar with are by James Herbert. However, although this short novel was by far more disturbing in comparison to Herbert’s…
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Written by: Cameron Readman
Published by: Self Published
Submitted By: Cameron Readman
This review submitted by the book’s author. A historical fiction based on the harrowing Berwick Witch Trials in the late 16th century, the Lord Earl Bothwell, Francis Stewart, a powerful baron in early modern Scotland and leader of one of…
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Written by: Francis Williams
Published by: Independently Published
Submitted By: Cianna Leschied
I didn’t realize it at the time, but this was self-published. This was the author’s first book and he did a great job. The setting was well researched and the story arc flowed very well! This book has certain…
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Written by: Garrett Pearson
Published by: Morepork Publishing
Submitted By: Marilyn Watson
This is the untold story of the brave warrior that held the bridge at Stamford in 1066. It tells of his life and that of his family, a fictional story of the common man wrapped around the written words of…
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Written by: Nicholas Carter
Published by: Canelo Adventure
Submitted By: Geraint
The deciding Battle of Naseby looms on the horizon in this historical adventure of the English Civil War. It is more than a year since printer’s apprentice turned Parliamentarian soldier William Sparrow and his Royalist rival Hugo Telling last came…
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Written by: David Eddings
Published by: Corgi Childrens
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
I’ve had these books since the early 90’s, it’s far easier to recommend them as an epic boxset – and yes, from May to mid-September of this year, I’ve finally got round to completing all five titles: ‘Pawn of Prophecy’,…
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Written by: Christian Cameron
Published by: Orion
Submitted By: Brian
Think Last Kingdom series but chronicling the time of the Ionian revolt and Greco-Persian wars of the 5th century BC. If you loved the adventures of Uhtred then you will also love the adventures of Arimnestos.
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Written by: Andrew Lambert
Published by: Faber and Faber
Submitted By: Geraint
In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon’s legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British…
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