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Spartacus: Rebellion

By Ben Kane - Published 2012

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This second volume of Kane’s take on the Spartacus story begins at the point at which the first book broke off: immediately ...Read Review

Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell

By Peter Caddick-Adams - Published 2012

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Military Nonfiction

The battle for Monte Cassino in 1944 is perhaps best known for the bombing of its famous Abbey by Allied forces, but the 129 days ...Read Review

The Flower Reader

By Elizabeth Loupas - Published 2012

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Mystery/Crime

The turbulent court of Mary Queen of Scots is the backdrop of The Flower Reader, which tells the tale of Marina Leslie of ...Read Review

Spartacus: The Gladiator

By Ben Kane - Published 2012

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Adventure Military

Thanks to Hollywood, Spartacus is one of the most familiar figures of Roman history, notorious and glorified for his slave rebellion in the 1...Read Review

Hannibal: Enemy of Rome

By Ben Kane - Published 2011

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Adventure Military

Don’t let the title fool you: this is not a book about Hannibal. It is, however, about the beginning of the Second ...Read Review

Cavalier Queen

By Fiona Mountain - Published 2011

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Biographical Fiction

In 1624 Henrietta Maria, Princess of France, was betrothed to Charles, future King of England as Charles I. Amongst the English delegates sent over ...Read Review

The Story of Beautiful Girl

By Rachel Simon - Published 2011

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Literary

One night two residents of the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded escape. The year is 1968, and conditions in the institution are deplorable. ...Read Review

Sworn Sword

By James Aitcheson - Published 2011 Published 2013

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Adventure Military

Two years after the Battle of Hastings, Northumbria is the last English province to hold out against Norman rule. Tancred a Dinant, oath-sworn ...Read Review

Soldier of Rome

By Ben Kane - Published 2010

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Adventure

This is the last novel in the Forgotten Legion series. In it Romulus and Tarquinius finally return to Rome. Romulus is reunited with ...Read Review

The Silver Eagle

By Ben Kane - Published 2009

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Adventure Saga

The Silver Eagle, the second in a trilogy, picks up from where the earlier book, The Forgotten Legion, left off. Ten thousand legionaries ...Read Review

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