Review: NAPOLEON’S RUN by Jonathan Spencer, published by Canelo
ISBN – (e-book) 978 1 80032 073 4 priced £1.99 For a man like me, raised on the classic Hornblower series, and later the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brien, there is a curious inevitability of every so often picking up a book and discovering it is, yawn, yet again a story about the British navy … Continue reading
Review: A COTSWOLD ORDEAL by Rebecca Tope
Published by Allison and Busby; ISBN: 9780749082680 paperback, price £7.99 No, I didn’t get this free – I bought it! I have to start with a personal disclosure – I have know Rebecca for many years, and she’s a good friend. But then again, any author who reviews books will very likely know the author … Continue reading
Review BUGLES AND A TIGER and THE ROAD PAST MANDALAY by John Masters
Review BUGLES AND A TIGER and THE ROAD PAST MANDALAY by John Masters, both published by Phoenix, part of Orion Books I am indebted today to “English Sailor”, who watched my YouTube video about John Masters (it’s here – https://youtu.be/mc-8fkmntRQ – if you want to see it), and suggested these two books. It is vanishingly … Continue reading
Review: THE GOOD LIAR
ISBN: Paperback – 9780241973295 There are few matters which are more likely, in my household, to cause dissent and dispute, than the selection of a film to watch. Here we tend not to watch too much television. Correction: my wife and I don’t watch much television. Obviously things are different for our children. They will … Continue reading
Review: THE GREAT SWINDLE
By Paul Lemaitre (Translated by Frank Wynne) ISBN: 9781623659035 I have relied for some years now on two companies, Oxbow Books and Postscript Books (psbooks on the internet), for much of my research material. Both publish a wide range of books that have been discarded by publishers. Rather than see them shredded, publishers sell them … Continue reading
Service, Love, Death and Renewal
Review: LONG WAY HOME by Dan Jarvis, published by Little, Brown ISBN: Hardback – 978 1 4087 1072 2 I know that in the past I have reviewed George MacDonald-Fraser’s excellent QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE, which was his memoir of his experiences during the Second World War and the Burma campaign. But just now I … Continue reading
Review: The Stranger.
(Hint: buy it now!) THE STRANGER, by Simon Conway, published by Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 9781529 332100 This is a good time for reviewers, obviously. Not only do we get time to sit back and read, but publishers are keen to send books out with a view to having some form – any form – … Continue reading
Review: SIEGE, by Richard Foreman, Sharpe Books, ISBN: 9798607084271
This is a great little book. Richard Foreman is a writer who is as happy in Roman Britain as he is in Medieval Antioch, as this story shows. The only thing that matters to Richard is that there are deeds of derring do aplenty! The story begins during the siege of Antioch, the “Siege” of … Continue reading
2020 – A New year!
A new year is always a time to take stock, to think about things, and plan and scheme! This year is going to be one of change for me. I’ve finally taken back the rights to half my books from Simon and Schuster and will be working with a number of other publishers to market … Continue reading
2nd in #BloodyMary series: A MURDER TOO
2nd in #BloodyMary series: A MURDER TOO SOON – and Jack is sent to Woodstock to murder a lady-in-waiting. When she dies, he is suspected – but he’s innocent. How can he prove it? @SevernHouse https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Too-Soon-mystery-Bloody-ebook/dp/B074CLRMPF/ref=pd_cp_351_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B074CLRMPF&pd_rd_r=7d4e3d94-cc8b-11e8-819b-196af8858ff7&pd_rd_w=htgUP&pd_rd_wg=7vUQn&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=0ca7ef78-a9c4-4935-a8ff-59221f1ded3e&pf_rd_r=7W01XCHPG3DX003B4PJJ&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=7W01XCHPG3DX003B4PJJ
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