John R. Vallely
The Patriot Witch
I must admit that I approached this novel predisposed to write a negative review. I was not a fan of…
The Secret Speech
Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s 1956 detailing of the monstrous crimes of the Joseph Stalin era had an enormous impact on both…
The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies, 1650-1815
The “ship of the line” was the equivalent of the battleship in navies in the age of sail. While numerous…
An Honorable German
Charles McCain’s maiden voyage as a novelist follows a young German naval officer, Max Brekendorf, through his varied assignments in…
A Visible Darkness
Magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis continues to grapple with his duties as a Prussian official in a land under the heel of…
1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History
Students of the American Civil War have been blessed over the years by an astonishing number of truly talented scholarly…
Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler
While book shops and libraries remain choked with works on the Nazis and the military aspects of the Second World…
“They Have Killed Papa Dead!”: The Road to Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the noted actor John Wilkes Booth served as an appropriately murderous conclusion to the…
Shannon
Father Robert Shannon of Boston is a young priest suffering from severe periodic mental instability caused by memories of his…
1942
Robert Conroy has established himself as a leading writer of “what if” historical fiction in his 1901, 1862, and 1945…
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