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The Last Temple
This Christian/historical novel, the third volume of a trilogy, is very well researched. Having not read either of the first…
The Last Caesar
Editors' choice
This story of the uprising against the emperor Nero in AD 68 is in the form of a memoir by…
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell
The battle for Monte Cassino in 1944 is perhaps best known for the bombing of its famous Abbey by Allied…
Empire of the Moghul: The Tainted Throne
1606. It is five months since the death of the Moghul emperor Akbar, and his son Jahangir is crowned as…
Cain at Gettysburg
In June 1863, the Confederate army, under the command of General Robert E. Lee, enters Pennsylvania to take the war…
Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
The black sands of Iwo Jima were witness to the largest battle ever fought by the US Marines. 30,000 Marines…
The Leopard Sword
Marcus Valerius Aquila returns in this the fourth of the Empire series. Continuing to use the pseudonym of Marcus Tribulus…
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…
Crusade
After the death of Harold in 1066, Edgar the Atheling is proclaimed king by his Saxon supporters. When the various…
A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh
Editors' choice
While Lee and McClellan spar in the Eastern theater of what has become a full-blown war, Union and Confederate forces…
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