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: 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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Written by: RS Atkin
Published by: Amazon Kindle
Submitted By: Annie Cooper
I’ve found an amazing new author, a young man who writes with imagination and flair. For lovers of ‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘Harry Potter’, Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ etc, this is a must. Dark suspence, exciting battles shot through with snippets…
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Written by: Jason Born
Published by: Amazon
Submitted By: April
The Norseman is the first volume of the vividly-detailed historical chronicles of Halldorr, an orphan whose entire desire was to lay beside both a warm hearth and a plump wife, but fate had another thread to spin. Instead, he found…
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Written by: James Herbert
Published by: Pan Books
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
‘The Rats’, borne of vile experiments appeared without warning. Next, they tried to establish a ‘Lair’ from which to attack human society. Now, in this third instalment, it seems such monstrous vermin are in a position to claim the earth…
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Written by: Robert Lyndon
Published by: Sphere, 2012
Submitted By: Anne
Superbly written epic adventure set in the 11th century, not long after the Norman Conquest. Bags of atmosphere, a very real and vivid sense of place, full-on action, pace, suspense, great characters and meticulous research worn lightly – it doesn’t…
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Written by: Steven Pressfield
Published by: Doubleday
Submitted By: Peter Aller
Did for Thermopylae what Azincourt did for…Azincourt/Agincourt! Brought the people and events of that time truly alive. Breathtaking
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Written by: Gordon Doherty
Submitted By: Gordon Doherty
(THIS REVIEW POSTED BY THE BOOK’S AUTHOR)When the falcon has flown, the mountain lion will charge from the east, and all Byzantium will quake. Only one man can save the empire . . . the Haga! 1046 AD. The Byzantine…
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Written by: Paul Green
Published by: Amazon
Submitted By: Paul Green
(THIS REVIEW BY THE BOOK’S AUTHOR) Many thanks to Bernard Cornwell, both for allowing me to add my book to this reading club and for the years of joy I have had from reading his novels. Stronghold is a purely…
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Written by: Keith Roberts
Published by: Gollancz
Submitted By: Robert Douglas
A collection of linked short stories set in England, 1968. Perhaps one of the most famous alternate history novels, with the assassination of Elizabeth I in 1588, and a subsequent invasion of the Spanish Armada as its premise. Science and…
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Written by: Gabriel J Klein
Published by: Matador
Submitted By: Neil Johns
This is Gabriel J. Klein’s first novel and though it isn’t Historical Fiction, I think fans of BC will like it. It’s rich in Norse mythology and captures the essence and culture of the English countryside magnificently. Its target demographic…
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