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: Erik Larson
Published by: Doubleday
Submitted By: Jonathan Wood
Truth is better than fiction in this fascinating account of the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. A dual story of the architects who designed and helped build the famed “White City” Daniel Burnham and Frederick Olmstead, and an evil serial killer,…
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Written by: Richard Preston
Published by: Corgi Adult
Submitted By: Jonathan Wood
A terrifying non fiction book that details a contained outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in America. This is an outstanding read, especially for anyone intrested in medicine.
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Written by: Barry Gough
Published by: Naval Institute Press
Submitted By: Tony
This is a gripping account of the war of 1812 and the battles that raged in the far west and North. It’s a story of the war that was raged in the far wilds of America which seemed all but…
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Written by: James Wilson
Published by: Faber and Faber
Submitted By: Geraint
This is a tale of a man who travels across America on the eve of the Revolution looking for his illigetimate nephew to claim his inheritance. Truly a wonderful novel of a man’s journey across a country on the eve…
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Written by: Ian Fletcher
Published by: Spellmount Publishers
Submitted By: Warwick Louth
A brilliant insightful book looking at the very men and battles fought alongside The Iron Duke Himself. It contains not only orders of battle for all of the battles fought in the Spanish Peninsula but also gives a extremely detailed…
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Written by: Frances Stonor Saunders
Published by: Faber and Faber
Submitted By: Geraint
This is the astonishing story of John Hawkwood an Essex man who inlisted as an Archer during the Hundered Years war and who fought at both Crecy and Poiters. After the peace of Bretigny Hawkwood turned mercenary and went into…
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Published by: Gryphon Books
Submitted By: Gary Lovisi
Paperback Parade, The magazine for paperback readers and collectors, has an issue devoted to collecting Cornwell. Issue #64 contains an interview with Bernard Cornwell, a detailed listing of Bernard’s books and an extensive article by editor Gary Lovisi on collecting…
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Written by: David McCullough
Published by: Simon and Schuster
Submitted By: Jonathan Wood
The latest work from respected American historian and author David McCullough. This book examines a single, critical year in the American Revolutionary War, rather than the entire war itself. McCullough writes with objectivity, giving both American and British viewpoints, avoiding…
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Written by: Mike Ripley
Published by: Severn House, UK
Submitted By: Bernard
An historical novel! It’s brutal, foul-mouthed, extraordinarily witty, and leaves you thinking that this was exactly what Boudica’s rebellion in AD 60 was like.
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Written by: J. A. Baker
Published by: The New York Review of Books, Inc.
Submitted By: Bernard
This book was originally published back in the 60’s. It’s a strange, compelling account of one man’s obsession with peregrine falcons – and it’s beautiful, eerie at times, and astonishing. He follows the falcons across the Essex marshes. The book…
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