John Wilcox
The Black Rocks of Morwenstow
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1842. Joshua Weyland is languishing in Key West, Florida. After two years away, he is desperate to return to his fiancée in England. ...Read Review
Dust Clouds of War
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John Wilcox is an author known to me by reputation only. I have heard many claims that the Simon Fonthill series was a ...Read Review
Treachery in Tibet
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At the start of the 20th century, the British Viceroy in India dispatches a mission into Tibet, aiming for Lhasa and negotiations leading ...Read Review
Bayonets Across the Border
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The tribes are gathering, putting aside intertribal feuding to take on a worthier foe, the British Empire at the peak of its power. ...Read Review
Fire Across the Veldt
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This is another book in the Simon Fonthill series, but with one important difference. Fonthill usually prefers to work for the army as ...Read Review
Starshine
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As a fan of the Simon Fonthill series also by Wilcox, I was very anxious to read this novel, which is a departure ...Read Review
The War of the Dragon Lady
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China in 1900 is a dangerous place for westerners as the peasant youth rise up forming the cult of The Boxers, who blame the ...Read Review
The Shangani Patrol
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The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in Matabeleland. Accompanied by his redoubtable ...Read Review
The Shangani Patrol
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The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in Matabeleland. Accompanied by his redoubtable ...Read Review
Siege of Khartoum
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The year is 1884. General Gordon is under siege in Khartoum. Under pressure from public opinion the government has ordered General Wolseley to put ...Read Review
