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Written by: Desmond Seward
Published by: Robinson Publishing
Submitted By: Luke wynes
Desmond Seward gives great detail in this book,it brings back the battles and people in pictures and carefully picked out words. Highly recomended.
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Written by: Harry Sidebottom
Published by: Michael Joseph
Submitted By: William Carter
The first in a three part adventure for Rome’s siege hero Ballista, who has to defend a City from the might of Persia.
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Written by: Richard Holmes
Published by: Publisher: BBC Books ISBN 978-0563487173
Submitted By: Andrew Moore
Richard Holmes looks at several key battles starting with the Battle of Hastings and ending up at Normandy in the second world war passing Agincourt on the way. This book is clearly written and looks at the battles from different…
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Written by: C.J. Sansom
Published by: Pan Books
Submitted By: Helen Powell
All 3 book are a great read. They are set in Tudor England. The main character is Mathew Shardlake who is a lawyer and a hunchback. He gets draged into all sorts of situations sometimes against his better judgement and…
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Written by: Julian Stockwin
Published by: Hodder & Stoughton
Submitted By: David Eric Coote
This is the latest in the series of books charting the Naval career of Thomas Paine Kydd. Taken by the Press and rated landsman (Kydd), becomes by turns a seaman (Artemis), Petty Officer (Seaflower), Master’s Mate (Mutiny), promoted to Lieutenant…
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Written by: Richard Zacks
Published by: Hyperion
Submitted By: Rusty Rodke
“The Pirate Coast” by Richard Zacks tells the amazing story of “Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805”. William Eaton leads a handful of U.S. Marines, a couple of dozen foreign mercenaries and some always suspicious…
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Written by: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Published by: Pan Books
Submitted By: Liz Ciaburri
This book is about Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus and his guards are imprisoned by the Persians but escape through to China. It’s a fast read and very interesting. I greatly recommend reading it.
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Written by: D J Birmingham
Published by: Xlibri
Submitted By: Barbara Parker
The Queen’s Tale is a 14th century historical novel of lost loves and powerful adventure. An Irish monk chronicles a tale told to him by an ancient Irish Queen. The story is about real people and actual events that shaped…
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Written by: Robert Hyslop
Published by: Cuthan Books
Submitted By: Steve Johnston
This trilogy (Wolf’s head, Viking & Varangian)concerns the travels and adventures of Ethelwulf, a young saxon forced to flee England in the late 10th century. He travels far & wide, both gaining and losing comrades alike. From Ireland to Iceland,…
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Written by: James A. Michener
Published by: Random House
Submitted By: Ron Stewart
This is probably Michener’s best book: a multi-generational saga that is set in Palestine (now Israel) and manages to tell the story of that land and especially of the Jewish people, though it gives Arabs and Muslims a fair shake…
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