David Ebsworth
A Betrayal of Heroes
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In October 1939, reporter Jack Telford arrives at the British consulate in Rabat to gain passage to Great Britain. He’s been on the ...Read Review
Wicked Mistress Yale, The Parting Glass (The Yale Trilogy)
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In 1700 London, the East India Company’s (EIC) former governor, Elihu Yale, recently returned from Madras, is at a dinner party with his ...Read Review
Mistress Yale’s Diaries, The Glorious Return (The Yale Trilogy)
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On her return from Madras, Catherine Yale continues her diary recording the events, politics and people of 1690s London. Her husband, Elihu Yale, ...Read Review
The Doubtful Diaries of Wicked Mistress Yale (The Yale Trilogy)
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1672, Madras, India. At the East India Company’s Fort St. George docks, Company recruits disembark from ferryboats. The Governor’s Second-of-Council, Joseph Hynmers, ...Read Review
The Song-Sayer’s Lament
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The song sayer in question is the blind Morgose, but this tale of post-Roman Britain is narrated by Merriden, friend and mentor of ...Read Review
The Last Campaign of Marianne Tambour: A Novel of Waterloo
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The canteen-mistresses or cantinières of Napoleon’s army are a hidden part of history, one populated by courageous women such as Marianne ...Read Review
The Kraals of Ulundi
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Set in Zulu land in 1879, The Kraals of Ulundi is an incredibly well researched and detailed masterpiece of historical fiction. I knew next ...Read Review
The Assassin’s Mark
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Spain is in the grip of Civil War, the year is 1938 and the war is not over, but General Franco is so utterly ...Read Review
The Jacobites’ Apprentice
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It can be difficult making an editor’s choice of a book that is published by my own UK Independent Publisher – but the ...Read Review
