History Book Reviews

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In Search of the Dark Ages

A history of Britain from Boudica to William the Conqueror, inevitably brief but backed by as much evidence as possible, and will still challenge and surprise.

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Ten Fighter Boys

10 World War II Spitfire fighter pilots talk about their experiences as part of 66 Squadron. Of the 10, 5 were dead before the book was published.

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Special Deliverance

  • Author: Alexander Fullerton
  • Publisher: Sphere Books
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Set during the Falklands War, Special Deliverance follows a small group of SBS soldiers. The SBS are one of Britain’s élete army regiments. They are similar to the better known SAS, but are more navy based.

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The Last Fighting Tommy

The Last Fighting Tommy is the biography of Harry Patch, born 17th June 1898. The paper back edition was published in 2008, and Harry Patch was still alive, at the grand old age of 110 — he didn’t pass away until 25th July 2009.

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Imperium

Tiro is the personal secretary to Cicero, a Roman Statesman. Imperium is about Cicero’s rise to power, but it’s also about Rome and it’s politics.

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Forgotten Voices of Burma

The Forgotten Voices of Burma is an oral history of the British armies conflict in Burma, fighting against the Japanese.

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Rifles — Six years with Wellington’s Legendary Sharpshooters

In Mark Urban’s Rifles you’ll read about how they fought, their wounds and care, dessertion and everything else that formed a part of a soldiers life in the 1900′s.

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The Forgotten Legion

The Forgotten Legion is the first volume in Ben Kane’s Forgotten Legion Chronicles. It’s the story of 4 people whos lives have been shapped by Rome.

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Flashman in the Great Game

  • Author: George MacDonald Fraser
  • Publisher: Harper Collins
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We’re covering 1856-1858 in this 5th installment of the Flashman Papers. And where in the world would you really not want to be? India, just in time for the Indian Mutiny. Lucky old Flashy…

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The Gladiator

Centurians Macro and Cato are on their way back to Rome after another eventful adventure. However, due to a natural disaster they end up on the small island of Crete without much hope of getting back. What then unfolds will sound fimilar to fans of Roman history, as a slave revolt throughs the island into [...]