Alan Pearson
Trafalgar and The Battle of Salamanca: Two Novels of the Spanish Wars
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Benito Pérez Galdós’ books have been placed alongside the writings of Spain’s other great author, Miguel de Cervantes. His prose ...Read Review
Katharina – Fortitude
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This is a truly heart-warming story of a woman’s life as she marries and raises a family in Wittenberg, Saxony. The story ...Read Review
Children of War
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The 1923 treaty of Lausanne was signed after the First World War to divide up the old Ottoman Empire. The treaty stipulated that population ...Read Review
Pomeranski
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It does not really matter that this is a story about a Jewish community living in Brixton, South London, after the war. It ...Read Review
The Literary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 1 and 2
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A very entertaining and often enlightening read. Holmes and Watson, in their traditional Conan Doyle personas, encounter several real-life literary greats who were ...Read Review
Between Darkness and Light
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A tragic accident that costs young Wang his right eye is the opening scene. To the dismay and anger of his father, he ...Read Review
Breaking The Foals
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I struggled at first with the strange names and titles and an unfamiliar depiction of Troy. This is not like Homer’s tale. ...Read Review
Catherine of Braganza
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In 1640, after 60 years of domination by a succession of Spanish monarchs, the Portuguese overthrew their unwelcome masters and elected John, the 8th Duke ...Read Review
Heroes of the Evening Mist
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Heroes in The Evening Mist was written in 1995 and was a sequel to another book written in 1962 called A Choice of Arms. I ...Read Review
Cradle
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It is 1607, and King James I of England is courting favour with the Spanish king, Philip III, to avoid another war. However, King ...Read Review
