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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Written by: Taylor Bayouth
Published by: Perigee Books
Submitted By: Taylor Bayouth
(This review posted by the book’s author) A step-by-step guide for the craft of high stakes thievery In How to Steal the Mona Lisa, author Taylor Bayouth meticulously describes seven heists of priceless art and artifacts: the Hope Diamond, the…
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Written by: Peter Lion
Published by: Plain Sight
Submitted By: Peter Lion
(This review submitted by the book’s author) “One more memorable and inspiring story from the greatest generation – Soldiers who put down their weapons and brought Christmas to a beleaguered town and its kids. It will touch your heart and…
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Written by: Brian Walters
Published by: Wilder Publications
Submitted By: Brian Walters
(This review posted by the book’s author) Winter of 1945. Aksel Foss, a Dane forced at gunpoint to fight in the German Army, flees Soviet tanks across the snow-bound fields of East Prussia. His goal: return to Denmark, and escape…
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Written by: Dean Hamilton
Published by: Tyburn Tree Publishing
Submitted By: Dean Hamilton
(This review posted by the book’s author) England 1575 Ex-soldier turned play-actor Christopher Tyburn thought he had left bloodshed and violence behind him when he abandoned the war against the Spanish in Flanders, but fate has different and far bloodier…
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Written by: Kevin Wolf
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Kevin Wolf
(This review posted by the book’s author) The core of this book is a collection of short stories concerning the conversion of three early medieval kings (Clovis [King of the Franks], Radbod [King of the Frisians], and Harald Bluetooth [King…
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Written by: Georgette Heyer
Published by: Sourcebooks Landmark
Submitted By: Ruth Shaw
I’ve just re-read Heyer’s telling of Waterloo, after thoroughly enjoying the Sharpe books. Fantastic! She brings the pre-battle tension to life and also kind of reveals to the interested what the non-military British were doing there! Brilliant explanations of the…
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Written by: Nelly Harper
Published by: Goblin House
Submitted By: Neil Gunfield
An excellent example of historical fiction. If you’re a fan of Bernard Cornwell or JV Jones, then you will love this book. It’s not very often I find myself gripped by a book, but this is definitely one that had…
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Written by: Bruce Ware Allen
Published by: ForeEdge from University Press of New England
Submitted By: Bruce Ware Allen
This review posted by the book’s author. True, I am the author, but I stand by the recommendation. The book goes deeper and wider than than Ernle Bradford’s classic take on the subject while maintaining his readability. And what a…
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Written by: M. J. Logue
Published by: CreateSpace
Submitted By: Hannah Methwell
The first book in a (so far) four-book series set in the English Civil War and featuring the adventures of a troop of Parlamentarian cavalry under Captain Holofernes Babbitt. They’re sweary, funny, violent, exciting, occasionally sexy, occasionally political, very subversive,…
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Written by: Ronald Welch
Published by: OUP Oxford
Submitted By: Chris Brown
The first historical novel I read as a young teenager. The story of a young knight, Philip, in the Kingdom of Outremer, his experiences at Hattin, imprisonment, escape and eventual arrival in South Wales to reclaim his family estate.
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