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: Tim Willocks
Published by: Arrow
Submitted By: Russell Grice
Excellent historical fiction about the Turkish Seige of Malta in 1565. Battle scenes descriptions are almost a bit too graphic, but the story of the unlikely defense of Malta by the Knights Hopsitalliers is magnificent.
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Written by: Ken Follet
Published by: MacMillian
Submitted By: brian falk
This is such a good book I’m gushing here just thinking about it. The story is wrapped around historical facts. I feel not only have I read a great story but now am a pseudo authority on ww1 and the…
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Written by: Usamah Ibn Munqidh - Translated by Paul M. Cobb
Published by: Penguin
Submitted By: Richard Mason
This book takes you back to the time of the Crusades. Composed of memoirs of an Arab lord, Usamah talks of many things he has witnessed in his long life, such as battles against crusaders, exciting hunting adventures, fate, at…
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Written by: Scott Oden
Published by: Bantam Press, 2010
Submitted By: Anne McFadgen
A worthy successor to the work of the early pulp-fiction masters, Scott Oden’s latest novel, “The Lion of Cairo”, is a fabulous medieval adventure with plenty of swords and a hint of sorcery in the form of a demon-haunted sword….
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Written by: Michael Arnold
Published by: John Murray
Submitted By: John Parkes
Rip-roaring romp through Civil War England. Seen through the eyes of a Royalist officer, the novel begins at the Battle of Edgehill (1642) and culminates at the Battle of Brentford, a few weeks later. Hopefully the start of a military…
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Written by: Jeffery Archer
Published by: St Martins Press
Submitted By: Brian Falk
I’ve read a lot of Archer’s books, all good all fiction, so I was a bit surprised to find Paths of Glory was not only not a work of fiction but I am sure took many many hours of research…
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Written by: C. C. Humphreys
Published by: Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Submitted By: Rudi
This is not another book about Vampires (be they teeneagers or the plain old un-dead) but about Dracula, the real person. Although I already knew some things about the real Dracula, this book was still adding new information and a…
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Written by: Christopher Spellman
Published by: ISBN: 1609101855 Strandhogg Press / BookLocker
Submitted By: Christopher Spellman
A grim journey through Dark Age Britain, this novel is a tale of two brothers caught up in the upheaval of 10th century England.
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Written by: George MacDonald Fraser
Published by: Harper Collins, new ed.2000
Submitted By: Anne McFadgen
The author of the “Flashman” novels recounts his experiences fighting in Burma during WWII as a young soldier posted with a group of tough Cumbrian Borderers in this excellent and ironically titled personal memoir.
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Written by: Christian Cameron
Published by: Orion, 2008
Submitted By: Anne McFadgen
A compelling military adventure set during the 4th century BC in the ancient Greek world. Scythians and Greeks join together to fight off the forces of Alexander the Great threatening the lands of the Euxine (today’s Black Sea).
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