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Bantam Press

The King’s Return: (Thomas Hill 3) (Thomas Hill Novels)

By Andrew Swanston - Published 2014 Published 2014-04-24

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It is spring 1661, and England awaits the coronation of Charles II in a London filled with hopes for the future. But it appears ...Read Review

Hereward: End of Days

By James Wilde - Published 2013

Genres:

Adventure Military

This is the third outing for Hereward the Wake, England’s 11th-century forgotten hero. In 1071, England is under the grip of the conquering ...Read Review

Rome: The Art of War

By M.C. Scott - Published 2013

Genres:

Military

This is the fourth in a series of novels set in the 1st century AD featuring the enigmatic spy Pantera, ‘The Leopard’ (HNR 51, 57 ...Read Review

The Bleeding Land

By Giles Kristian - Published 2012

Genres:

Adventure

This is the first in a planned trilogy of novels set during the English Civil War, and this tale begins in 1642 with the ...Read Review

Egypt: The Book of Chaos

By Nick Drake - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Tutankhamun is dead and his queen, Ankhesenamun, has married Ay, who is now old and ailing and not likely to live much longer. ...Read Review

Defender of Rome

By Douglas Jackson - Published 2011

Genres:

Adventure Military

Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the campaigns against the Britons a changed man. He is a Hero of Rome but remains ...Read Review

Hereward

By James Wilde - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Military

Hereward was born to Leofric of Bourne and Eadgyth, who was great-niece to Duke Oslac and, from scraps of information from old records, ...Read Review

On His Majesty’s Service

By Allan Mallinson - Published 2011

Genres:

Adventure Military

Matthew Hervey is back in the saddle after a three-year absence. The eleventh novel in the series, On His Majesty’s Service sees ...Read Review

Rome: The Coming of the King

By M.C. Scott - Published 2011

Genres:

Thriller

Sebastos Pantera, spy for the Emperor Nero, is hunting Saulos, a dangerous and ruthless adversary. After his failure to burn down Rome in ...Read Review

Queen of Kings

By Maria Dahvana Headley - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Historical Fantasy

The passionate, tangled, and tragic story of Cleopatra and Marc Antony receives a new and surprising twist in this engrossing novel. Did Cleopatra ...Read Review

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