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Written by: Rick Deragon
Published by: de Ventadorn Press
Submitted By: Rick Deragon
(This review submitted by the book’s author) In 69 AD, as four Roman generals vie to become the next emperor, Batavian prince Julius Civilis, called Rokus by his tribesmen, journeys from Rome to his homeland under the escort of Marius,…
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Written by: Justine Johnston Hemmestad
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Justine Johnston Hemmestad
(This review submitted by the book’s author) Visions of a Dream focuses on the spiritual journey of Alexander the Great, set against the backdrop of his military campaign into Persia in the 4th Century B.C.E. Even as he conquered populations…
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Written by: Gordon Doherty
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Gordon Doherty
(This review submitted by the book’s author) “379 AD: Thracia has fallen to the Gothic horde… With the ashes of Adrianople still swirling in the air, the Eastern Roman Empire is in turmoil. The emperor is dead, the throne lies…
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Written by: John McCavitt and Christopher George
Published by: Oklahoma Press
Submitted By: Geraint
An Irish Officer in the British Army, he was a charismatic leader widely admired for his bravery in battle. He would fight numerous battles in the Napoleonic wars but it was his command of a small expeditionary force that would…
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Written by: Robert Harvey
Published by: Robinson
Submitted By: Rusty Rodke
Cochrane was the model for Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey. His real life exploits read like fiction. He was a hero second only to Nelson, but fought against the Admiralty’s greed and corruption so the future King George IV set out…
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Written by: Ben Hughes
Published by: Osprey Publishing
Submitted By: Rusty Rodke
This is the great untold story of the out-of-work veterans from the Napoleonic wars sailing to South America to form the backbone of the patriots’ army fighting the Spanish Royalists. They endured disease, superhuman marches and campaigns and incompetent officers…
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Written by: Katie Aiken Ritter
Published by: KTOriginals
Submitted By: Katie Aiken Ritter
(This review submitted by the book’s author) ICELAND, 982 A.D. A SHIP OF OUTLAWS. A WOMAN, ALONE. Dangerous seas…and even more dangerous secrets on board. Iceland’s powerful Althing Council has convicted Viking Tiller Thorvaldsson of murder – to force him…
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Written by: Marc Graham
Published by: Five Star
Submitted By: Marc Graham
(This review submitted by the book’s author) In Graham’s debut, he spins a gripping human-interest story. The continually flowing plot features the life of one man to create an inspirational wartime love story. —Romantic Times Book Reviews, 4.5 Top Pick…
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Written by: Nick Lipscombe
Published by: Pen & Sword Military
Submitted By: Geraint
While there have been many books on the Peninsular War and Wellington’s campaigns, there have been none at all on the Eastern Theatre. Thankfully Nick Lipscomebe provides a much needed antidote to that. This Theatre played a huge role in…
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Written by: C.G. Faulkner
Published by: Falcons' Rest Farm Publishing
Submitted By: C.G. Faulkner
(This review submitted by the book’s author) ‘The Edge of Reality’ is the story of a CIA Field Operative, Jefferson Davis Fortner. It is 1969, and Jeff has been assigned to investigate the claim by a Soviet Aerospace Engineer that,…
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