Neville Firman
Spartacus: Rebellion
This second volume of Kane’s take on the Spartacus story begins at the point at which the first book broke…
Enemies at Every Turn
This is yet another instalment of the story of John Pierce, the radical son of a radical preacher and pamphleteer.…
A Very Murdering Battle
This is the last of the Captain Rawson novels. The father of the hero, as followers of the series will…
Soldier of Rome
This is the last novel in the Forgotten Legion series. In it Romulus and Tarquinius finally return to Rome. Romulus…
The Einstein Girl
Although this novel begins in Germany two months before Hitler came to power, at first we hardly feel the presence…
Outlaw
Retellings of the Robin Hood legend are always interesting. This novel tells the tale from the point of view of…
Hammer
Set in Victorian London and concerning a young woman pursued by a master criminal with murder on his mind, this…
Twelve
This book is described in the publicity as ‘genre breaking’ and the ‘first Napoleonic historical vampire novel’. I do not…
Cathedral of the Sea
Set in 14th-century Catalonia, this novel has become a huge bestseller in Spain with translations sold in 32 countries to…
Silk and Steel
This novel is set in the mid-19th century, in a fictional South Riding, which is quite clearly, South Yorkshire, though…
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