Military
After Omdurman
It is 1935 and backbench Tory MP, Colonel Evelyn Winters is fighting a campaign in the House of Commons…
The Secret War
At the risk of laying myself open to accusations of gender bias, let me say right away, The Secret War…
Of Merchants and Heroes
Editors' choice
Set around 200 BC in Rome and Greece, Paul Waters’ first novel is a well-written and intelligent tale. Marcus, aged…
Troy: Fall of Kings
David Gemmell’s untimely death in 2006 robbed the world of a master storyteller. His wife’s involvement in the Troy trilogy…
Hundred in the Hand
First in a series of novels about the American West from the Lakota perspective, Marshall tells the events leading up…
Coward on the Beach
Dick Coward might be a coward by name but not by nature. He is a bona fide hero; unfortunately, no…
An Infamous Army: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and War
This is a well-documented account of the Battle of Waterloo from the British army’s point of view. The social events…
The Fight for Rome
In 68 AD, the period known as the “Year of the Four Emperors,” Quintus Honorius Romanus, aka Taurus the gladiator,…
Blood Rock
Summer 1565. The Knights of St John are under siege on the small island of Malta, facing the full might…
Crusade
Editors' choice
Crusade is an epic tale of war, political intrigue, religious fervor, greed, and passion set in Acre of 1274. It…
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