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Written by: Tim Willocks
Published by: Vintage
Submitted By: Susan Bouchard
I have read absolutely everything Bernard Cornwell has written – many twice – which I seldom do. If you love incredible characters with awesome battle scenes, few books have stayed with me like ‘The Religion’. I just wish Tim Willocks…
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Written by: Mark Montgomery
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Rachel Bell
An exquisitely written tale, penned in three parts, and positioned amongst the Sixteenth Century Borders; historical fiction but based in archaeological fact. Recounting the tale of John Brownfield, a fictitious character within a very real setting; Whilst Brownfield is at…
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Written by: Mark Montgomery
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Rachel Bell
The second chronicle of three to date … and as with Three Hills, the reader is taken on an adventurous journey through the adult life of John Brownfield, a Sixteenth Century Borderer. Beautifully written, Mark Montgomery pens action, tragedy and…
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Written by: Mark Montgomery
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Rachel Bell
The third instalment of the Borderer Chronicles and, as with the two forerunners, expertly written, full of archaeological and geographical authenticity and thoroughly compelling from beginning to end. Having read the previous two tales ~ Three Hills and Devotion and…
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Written by: C.G. Faulkner
Published by: Falcons' Rest Farm Publishing
Submitted By: C.G. Faulkner
(This review posted by the book’s author) ‘Unreconstructed’ is the story of an unapologetic former Confederate Cavalry Officer, Captain Thomas Jefferson Fortner. Tom comes home to Georgia after the surrender at Appomattox to a land of devastation. His family had…
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Written by: Joshua Dale Gillespie
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Joshua Dale Gillespie
(This review submitted by the author) From the tumult of the Russian Revolution, to the streets of modern-day Moscow, Agent Philip Barker is seeking the truth…the truth behind the mysterious final days of the Imperial Family of Russia, and his…
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Written by: Alan Smale
Published by: Titan
Submitted By: Gabriel Garcia
The first book in The Clash of Eagles Trilogy by Alan Smale. It is a work of great creativity, dealing with an alternate history where Rome never fell. It finds the empire in the 1200’s in a world where all…
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Written by: Adrian Goldsworthy
Published by: W & N
Submitted By: Colin Bright
Set in the Peninsula War, it charts the progress and lives of three officers and a “Gentleman Soldier” in the 106th Glamorganshire Regiment, which is fictitious. This is the first in a series of books spanning the period. The characters…
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Written by: Richard Foreman
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Victoria Carruthers
Excellent climax to one of the author’s best series of books. Foreman rightly credits Bernard Cornwell at end for being an influence and fans of Azincourt should also enjoy the whole Band of Brothers trilogy. Characters such as Edward Fordham…
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Written by: D.A. Nygaard
Published by: Lulu Publishing
Submitted By: D.A. Nygaard
(This review submitted by the author) The BookLife Prize in Fiction In Nygaard’s novel—which is a retelling of the three wise men’s journey to Bethlehem—star readers journey to solve a mystery related to an ancient prophesy and the position of…
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