Military
The Fighting Temeraire: The Battle of Trafalgar and the Ship that Inspired J.M.W. Turner’s Most Beloved Painting
Sam Willis is no stranger to the world of the wooden walls of England and the Jack Tars who manned…
Neither Rebel Nor Tory: Hanyost Schuyler & The Siege of Fort Stanwix
Readers glancing at a summary of Michael Cooney’s novel Neither Rebel Nor Tory—the story of Hanyost Schuyler, a young man…
Prisoners
Burt Zollo’s debut novel is set in Le Mans, France in 1945. It is the story of a 19-year-old Jewish…
Quest For Honour
3154 B.C. Mesopotamia. The rapacious King Shulgi of Sumeris is planning to extend his empire northwards and capture the small…
The Siege of Derry 1689: The Military History
This is a study of one of the most iconic episodes in Irish history, the Siege of Derry. The war…
Days of Smoke
Part of historical fiction’s job is to use the arsenal of imagination in order to elicit sympathy from us readers…
The Fort
The Fort is the story of a battle in the American War of Independence. It took place in the summer…
Hero of Rome
September AD 59. In order to obtain the necessary military experience to make a career in politics, Tribune Gaius Valerius…
Claudius
AD 43-51. Emperor Claudius desperately needs a resounding military victory and Britain is his target. Only a union of the…
Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke’s Drift
At iSandlwana in 1879, 20,000 Zulus defeated 1,800 men of the British Army in a battle so bloody and devastating…
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