John R. Vallely
Reefs and Shoals
I have sailed with Alan Lewrie, R.N., on sixteen voyages before Reefs and Shoals and was as eager to embark…
Brothers in Arms
Readers will always be grateful to Bernard Cornwell for bringing the common soldiers, and the spectacularly uncommon Richard Sharpe, to…
The Darkening Field
Captain Alexei Korolev of the Moscow Militia’s Criminal Investigation Division is ordered to Odessa, Ukraine, to look into the suspicious…
First Family: Abigail and John Adams
First Family was originally published in 2010, and the reception was overwhelmingly positive. I read the book then and thoroughly…
Red Flags
Corruption in the South Vietnamese government and a lack of commitment on the part of the regular South Vietnamese army…
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O’Reilly is one of the more well-known conservative media personalities of the contemporary American scene. As such, a large…
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
One of the negative side effects of the decline in newspaper readership is that fewer people are exposed to the…
A Burial at Sea
Charles Lenox, a member of Parliament with an unlikely background as a detective, is charged with a secret diplomatic mission…
Potsdam Station
Potsdam Station is the fourth of David Downing’s “Station” series, which covers the very unorthodox World War II experiences of…
An Evil Eye
The history of the Ottoman Empire is an endlessly fascinating one, stretching across centuries and populated by a diverse set…
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