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: Elisabeth Sladen with Jeff Hudson
Published by: 2011 by Aurum Press Limited
Submitted By: David M. Dunaj
If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, either the classic show or the splendid current revival on BBC, this is a must read. Like millions of fans, I fell in love with Elisabeth Sladen AKA Sarah Jane Smith back in…
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Written by: David Pilling
Published by: Musa Publishing
Submitted By: Stephanie Moore Hopkins
David told me that Folville’s Law was his first published book. I was pleasantly surprised! He did a splendid job. I’ve read a lot of first published books that I didn’t like. He is a wonderful story teller. This is…
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Written by: Richard Foreman
Published by: Endeavour Press
Submitted By: Tim
Loved the first book in this series, Raffles: The Gentleman Thief, which was recommended on this site. Can duly recommend the follow-up, Raffles: Bowled Over, which sees Raffles and Bunny rob a banker at the Albany. The dialogue is excellent,…
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Written by: Patrick Easter
Published by: Quercus
Submitted By: David Coote
The follow up to ‘The Watermen’ and the second novel by this author. Tom Pascoe finds himself searching for a couple of French spies before they can send a fire ship into the newly arrived merchant convoy fleet gathered in…
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Written by: Richard Foreman
Published by: Endeavour Press
Submitted By: Madeline
Raffles: The Gentleman Thief is the first in a series of original adventures based on Ernest Hornung’s books. The Gentleman Thief takes the reader back to the London of Sherlock Holmes, populated by a host of literary icons such as…
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Written by: Cinda Williams Chima
Published by: Indigo
Submitted By: Ryan S. S.
I almost randomly picked this book up in a book store, and decided to read it. It was a comfortingly easy read, with a great fantasy based story line. I really enjoyed it, and went on to finish the 3…
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Written by: William V. Crockett
Published by: Crockett Holdings
Submitted By: Sue Lee
In Roman Britannia, north of the Antonine Wall, a Celtic woman named Neeve goes undercover as a mapmaker to spy on a Roman fort, as her brothers lead their clansmen’s fight against the encroaching Roman legions. However, she finds herself…
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Written by: Erik Larson
Published by: Crown Publishers
Submitted By: David M. Dunaj
An incredible read in the style of narrative non-fiction. That is, true events interpreted from extensive research (including primary source material)and told as a story. In 1933 historian William E. Dodd is President Roosevelt’s last choice as ambassador to Germany….
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Written by: Peter F Hamilton
Published by: Pan
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
Greg Mandel is a veteran of the Mindstar Brigade – an experimental outfit utilizing surgically implanted glands which grant psychic abilities. The communist regime under President Armstrong has collapsed and now, in these early years of transition to a more…
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Written by: Jennifer Donnelly
Published by: Bloomsbury 2003
Submitted By: Anita Basten
This novel takes you back to the turn of the century over a hundred years ago, a quiet place in the north-western mountains of the USA. Donnelly creates an imaginative, realistic and acute account of the young woman Mattie, coming…
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