Mike Ashworth
Tutankhamun
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Thebes, 1324 BC. Tutankhamun has inherited an empire that should be at the height of power and glory. The King,…
The Hidden War
Set in 1948, the novel opens with tensions increasing between the Soviet forces and the western Allied forces in Berlin.…
Siege of Khartoum
The year is 1884. General Gordon is under siege in Khartoum. Under pressure from public opinion the government has ordered…
Sea Robber
The book opens with Hector Lynch, pirate and fugitive, working for a slave trader on the Guinea Coast, West Africa.…
Zulu Hart
George Hart is the illegitimate son of a half-Irish, half-Zulu actress and a pillar of the British military establishment. His…
Boss of Bosses
This is the story of Bernardo Provenzano, Italy’s most notorious criminal. Provenzano was initiated into the Mafia in the 1950s…
The Owl Killers
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The year is 1321. Deep in the heart of the English countryside, an isolated village is controlled by a sinister…
Ice Land
Ice Land is set in the year 1000 AD in Iceland, where Asgard, the home of the Norse gods, is…
Cast Not the Day
The central character of this book, set in the middle of the 4th century AD, is Drusus, a young British…
The Tomb of Zeus
The Tomb of Zeus introduces Laetitia Talbot, an aspiring archaeologist with a passion for adventure. The story opens in Crete…
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