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: Joe Abercrombie
Published by: Gollancz
Submitted By: Cheryl Osenga
I was sure this trilogy would have been posted previously, but found nothing after searching. I can’t recommend this trilogy enough (or any other of Mr. Abercrombie’s work). The characters are well developed, interesting and likeable for all their human…
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Written by: C. R. May
Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Submitted By: Cliff
(This review posted by the book’s author) Geatland in the first decades of the sixth century was an island of peace amid the upheaval which marked the death throes of the Roman Empire in the West. Under the benevolent rule…
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Written by: D.J. Molles
Published by: Orbit
Submitted By: Brad Zwaska
I love a good zombie/end of the world story and Molles does a superb job! It has zombies yes but he begins to focus more on rebuilding a functioning society that of course never works out as planned. Great action…
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Written by: Robert Harris
Published by: Knopf
Submitted By: Anne
The Dreyfus Affair as seen by a French officer in the Intelligence Service who comes to realise that Dreyfus has been set up and is the victim of a conspiracy at the highest level. Plenty of resonances for today in…
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Written by: Fredrik Nath
Published by: Fingerpress
Submitted By: Fredrik Nath
This review posted by the book’s author. “Highly Commended” in the Yeovil Literary Prize 2011 “The writing is impeccable. Smooth and easy, with strong descriptive, Galdir is easy to become lost in.” – SJA Turney. A Roman slave with a…
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Written by: Tom Taylor
Published by: Hancock and Dean
Submitted By: Lory Kaufman
“The Americans were coming to kill him.” So opens the novel as Agent Jonathan Westlake returns in the third of Tom Taylor’s War of 1812 series, “Brock’s Traitor”. A letter from the dead general Sir Isaac Brock sends Westlake on…
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Written by: Peter Snow
Published by: John Murray Publishers
Submitted By: Geraint
In August 1814 the United States’ army is defeated in battle by an invading force just outside Washington DC. The US president and his wife have just enough time to pack their belongings and escape from the White House before…
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Written by: Richard Foreman
Published by: Endeavour Press Ltd
Submitted By: Alexandra O'Brien
Not sure if I’d say that Sword of Empire is better than the Sword of Rome series, but it’s certainly it’s equal. Where the author previously had a Sharpe-like centurion serving under Julius Caesar Sword of Empire has a centurion,…
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Written by: Gordon Doherty
Published by: www.gordondoherty.co.uk
Submitted By: Gordon Doherty
(This review posted by the book’s author) The empire is on its knees, but a last hope lies beyond the eastern frontier . . . 377 AD: Emperor Valens has stripped the Persian frontier of its legions, sending every available…
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Written by: Robert Carey
Published by: Amazon Digital
Submitted By: Bob
(This review posted by the book’s author) Plague has vanquished a once mighty empire, and in its wake a hero struggles to forge a new kingdom that will right the wrongs of the old world. Aided by two foreigners of…
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