Macmillan
Civil War: The History of England, Volume III
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In Civil War, the third instalment of his ambitious attempt to write a history of England akin to Macaulay, Peter Ackroyd covers the ...Read Review
True Stories from World War I
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Children/Young AdultMilitaryShort Stories
The Great War has always been an emotive subject, and it’s a difficult task to portray it with both frankness and delicacy ...Read Review
Captain
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In 1915, fifteen-year-old Billy Bayliss enlists in the army, using his older brother’s papers to pretend he is seventeen and old enough to ...Read Review
Odysseus: Book One, The Oath
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If you love the classics, you will enjoy Professor Manfredi’s rendition of the tale of Odysseus. The author identifies himself as in ...Read Review
Edge of Eternity
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The Century Trilogy concludes with this historical novel that captures the essence of historical events from 1961 to 2008. It is thrilling in its evocation ...Read Review
A King’s Ransom
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Historical fiction can be a tricky genre to write and read because many times we know how the story is going to end. ...Read Review
The Forbidden
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In 1873, on a French island colony, Paul Clément witnesses the ritual murder of a young man who has apparently risen from the ...Read Review
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
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In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, accompanied by his wife, Sophie, reluctantly paid a visit to Bosnia, having tried his best to avoid the ...Read Review
Saxon: The Emperor’s Elephant
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The Saxon of the title is Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince exiled to the court of King Carolus. It is the second in ...Read Review
A Horse Called Hero
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1940. World War II is raging. Dodo, and her nine-year-old horse-mad brother, Wolfie, live in London, a dangerous place during the Blitz. When their ...Read Review