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Written by: Lory Kaufman
Published by: The Fiction Studio
Submitted By: Lory Kaufman
(THIS REVIEW BY THE BOOK’S AUTHOR) I am writing a new series of young adult historical fiction books entitled History Camp, based on the old quote, “Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it”. While it…
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Written by: Tommy Davis
Published by: self
Submitted By: Tommy Davis
THIS REVIEW BY THE BOOK’S AUTHORNothing like a mushroom cloud to give shade to the dollar and remind the world who runs things. The room went silent for a moment as it sank into the minds of all present that…
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Written by: TOM TAYLOR
Published by: HANCOCK AND DEAN
Submitted By: TOM TAYLOR
(THIS REVIEW POSTED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK) Thanks to Mr. Cornwell for graciously allowing me to submit my new novel to the Reading Club. Brock’s Agent is a War of 1812 novel. Jonathan Westlake, a young man ready…
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Written by: Patrick Easter
Published by: Quercus (h/b) 2011
Submitted By: David Coote
This novel is set in 1798 (and even has a few paragraphs about Nelson’s victory at the Battle of the Nile) and describes, in fairly graphic detail, one case in the life of one of the original members of the…
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Written by: Michael Arnold
Published by: John Murray
Submitted By: Daz
This is the second book in Arnold’s ‘Stryker Chronicles’, a series set during the English Civil War. The first one, ‘Traitor’s Blood’, was a great first effort, and this one’s even better. Violent and fast-paced, with juicy plot-lines and believable…
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Written by: Justin Hill
Published by: Little, Brown, 2011
Submitted By: Anne
Evocative, stirring saga ringing with the haunting echoes of traditional Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry. Set in early 11th century England, this is the story of Godwin Wulfnothson, later to become the powerful Earl of Wessex. Here a young Godwin comes of…
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Written by: Christopher Spellman
Published by: Strandhogg Press / Booklocker
Submitted By: Christopher Spellman
(THIS REVIEW IS POSTED BY THE BOOK’S AUTHOR) In this riveting sequel to Chronicle I of The Raven & the Wolf, Wulfric, the ill-starred brother of a Viking leader in Ireland, is once again thrust into the throes of conflict…
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Written by: Daphne du Maurier
Published by: Virago
Submitted By: Edward Kendall
I recommend you all to read ‘Gerald: a portrait’ by his daughter Daphne. I have enjoyed it tremendously, as it is most vividly written, and covers the range of George Du Maurier, before Gerald was born, down to Gerald’s death….
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Written by: Charles Barnitz
Published by: ROC (Penguin Books), 1996
Submitted By: Anne
The adventures of Irish-Viking skald Bran “Facecut” Snorrison in Ireland and England during the late 8th century. A one-off – outrageously funny, brutal, blood-thirsty and magical, with instructions on how to set a head on a stake that will have…
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Written by: Giles Kristian
Published by: Bantam press
Submitted By: Edward Sharman
This is the third and possibly the final instalement of the Raven series but what a shame if it is .The writing has got better and the action more bloodier the characters more interesting if you like good story and…
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