Reading Club

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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Blood Eagle

Written by: Tim Hodkinson

Published by: Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book

Submitted By: Tim Hodkinson

This book submitted by the book’s author. Blood Eagle is the 6th book in a series (The Whale Road Chronicles) that follow the adventures of a misfit company of wolfskin clad vikings (Ulfhednar) that include a young Icelander, an Irish…

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Rifle Green at Waterloo

Written by: George Caldwell and Robert Cooper

Published by: Bugle Horn Publications

Submitted By: James Cooper

This is the revised edition of my late father’s co-authored book. It was revered when initially published in 1990 and, later, in 2015 for the 200th anniversary of Waterloo.

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The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock

Written by: Francis Augustín O'Reilly

Published by: LSU Press

Submitted By: Geraint

The battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men; produced staggering, unequal casualties (13,000 Federal soldiers compared to 4,500 Confederates); ruined the career of Ambrose E. Burnside; embarrassed Abraham Lincoln; and distinguished Robert E. Lee…

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Zorndorf 1758 : Frederick faces Holy Mother Russia

Written by: Simon Millar

Published by: Osprey

Submitted By: Geraint

Osprey’s study of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763). In January 1758 Count Wilhelm Fermor marched into East Prussia at the head of 45,000 Russians. Frederick the Great was dismissive of the Russian army and…

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2024

Written by: Keith Thompson

Published by: NorLightsPress.com

Submitted By: Fred Ross

Will our democracy survive the 2024 presidential election?  One out of three American voters believe a bloody insurrection, or even civil war, may be in the offing, and the FBI is already game-planning various “election disaster” scenarios.  This is the…

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Hundred Years War Vol 4: Cursed Kings

Written by: Jonathan Sumption

Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press

Submitted By: Geraint

Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation…

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Northern Wolf (Northern Wolf Series Book 1)

Written by: Daniel Greene

Published by: Rune Publishing LLC

Submitted By: Daniel Greene

(This review submitted by the book’s author) A broken man will be forged in the flames of war… It is late 1862, and the United States has been ripped apart by civil war for over a year with no end…

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Northern Hunt (Northern Wolf Series Book 2)

Written by: Daniel Greene

Published by: Rune Publishing LLC

Submitted By: Daniel Greene

(This review submitted by the book’s author) It was a surefire raid to free prisoners, but it will soon become a battle for Wolf’s soul. When an escaped Northern prisoner reaches Union lines, his tales of abuse at Libby Prison…

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