Alan Cassady-Bishop

Blood, Love and Steel: A Musketeer’s Tale

By Jennifer M. Fulford - Published 2014

Genres:

Adventure

Athos, the most dark and famed of the King’s Musketeers, is spiralling out of control – reckless and suicidal, he takes on wager ...Read Review

Elizabeth I: Renaissance Prince

By Lisa Hilton - Published 2014

Genres:

Nonfiction

This is an incredibly well-written biography of one of England’s historical icons. Giving a background on her birth and her mother’s ...Read Review

Young Houdini: The Magician’s Fire

By Simon Nicholson - Published 2014

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Set in New York, in 1886, a young shoeshine boy called Harry earns a little extra money with the help of his best friends, ...Read Review

The White Rajah

By Tom Williams - Published 2014

Genres:

AdventureBiographical Fiction

James Brooke, late of the East India Company, was an adventurer in its truest sense. In 1838, he purchased a schooner and sailed to ...Read Review

The Stone Bridge

By Alexander Terekhov - By Nina Chordas (trans.) - By Simon Patterson (trans.) - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

On 3rd June 1943, two bodies are found in the heart of Moscow near the Stone Bridge. It looks like a teenage quarrel and ...Read Review

Black Wreath

By Peter Sirr - Published 2014

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Based on fact, Black Wreath tells the story of young James Lovett, whose life stands in the way of his father (and his ...Read Review

Lost Legend of the Thryberg Hawk

By Jack Holroyd - Published 2014

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

The Wars of the Roses is a period of history which is often glossed over. The lethal competition between the influential houses of ...Read Review

Lincoln’s Assassin

By J.F. Pennington - Published 2014

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Subtitled “The Unsolicited Confessions of J. Wilkes Booth”, this book is interesting but not involving. It weaves known facts concerning the assassination of ...Read Review

Secret Warriors

By Taylor Downing - Published 2014

Genres:

MilitaryNonfiction

The Great War has always been known for its industrialised killing – it’s considered to be the first “modern” war, where technology such ...Read Review

Last Train to Waverley

By Malcolm Archibald - Published 2014

Genres:

Military

Douglas Ramsay is a young officer, experienced in the carnage of the Great War, who is assigned to the 20th Royal Scots Guards. ...Read Review