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Written by: Dan Snow
Published by: Harper Press
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
Historians – both professional and hobbyist – certainly know about the Capture of Quebec by daring General James Wolfe in 1759. However, in truth this was only part of a hard and brutal campaign of attrition – and British victory…
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Written by: Belinda Mottershead
Published by: Independently published
Submitted By: Jon Mottershead
An exciting adventure book. Spot the subtle “Sharpe” tribute.
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Written by: Sean Poage
Published by: MadeGlobal Publishing
Submitted By: Sean Poage
This review submitted by the book’s author. The Retreat to Avalon is a historical fiction novel based on the research of British historian, Geoffrey Ashe MBE MFRSL, linking the oldest Arthurian legends with the historical person called “Riothamus” by the…
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Written by: Rowena Whaling
Published by: Spiral Gate Books
Submitted By: Ted Agens
This is a book about Arthur. However, one may not think it so on engaging it. It is told from an entirely different perspective, from the perspective of the women in the Arthur legend. It is heavily involved in the…
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Written by: S. P. Brown
Published by: Black Opal Books
Submitted By: S. P. Brown
This review submitted by the book’s author When Celtic historian, Dr. Madeline Alleyn, abandoned her husband, it was to protect him and her unborn triplet daughters. Now, nearly eighteen years later, her 17 year-old girls are smart, normal, but…
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Written by: Clint Dohmen
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Clint Dohmen
This review submitted by the book’s author An IndieReader “Best Reviewed Books of May.” From IndieReader review: Verdict: THE ROSE AND THE CRANE reads like a medieval Pirates of the Carribbean, featuring non-stop action-adventure with almost never a dull moment….
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Written by: Hella Haasse
Published by: Academy Chicago Publishers
Submitted By: Caroline Cartier
By renown Dutch author Hella Haasse this 1949 novel reflects the 100 Years War from the French perspective through the eyes of one of France’s best-loved medieval poets, Charles d’Orleans, who at 21 was captured at Agincourt and his ransom…
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Written by: Gordon Doherty
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Gordon Doherty
This review submitted by the book’s author 381 AD: The Gothic War draws to a brutal climax, and the victor’s name will be written in blood… The great struggle between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Gothic Horde rumbles into…
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Written by: Charles Scott Curtis
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Charles Scott Curtis
This review submitted by the book’s author. An Undefeated Empire… A Disunited Land… A Clash of Civilizations… 9 B.C.-The Roman Empire circles the Mediterranean and stretches north to the forests of central Europe. Beyond the Rhine River live a disparate…
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Written by: Octavia Randolph
Published by: Pyewacket Press
Submitted By: Judith Boxer
This book is the first in what is known as the Saga of Ceridwen series and spans the same timeline as much of the Last Kingdom books. I was first reader for the latest publication Sidroc the Dane which came…
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