James Holland
Hellfire
This is the fourth wartime novel from author James Holland to feature the rough and ready Jack Tanner, an uncompromising…
Duty Calls (Battle of Britain 2)
This is the second installment of Holland’s intensely detailed and thoroughly researched series of World War II combat stories. We…
Duty Calls (Dunkirk 1)
Private Johnny Hawke joins up at 15, and finds himself in France on the losing side of the early engagements…
Hellfire
August, 1942, North Africa. General Gott, the commander of the Eighth Army, is killed, and suspicion points to a previously…
The Battle of Britain
James Holland has chosen May 1939 as the start of the Battle of Britain for this excellent study of a…
Darkest Hour
Sergeant Jack Tanner hasn’t even been at Manston training camp for 24 hours before he realises something dodgy is going…
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