Martin Bourne
Terra Incognita
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Egypt is a considerable asset to the Roman empire. It produces lots of food, and supplies gold from deeper in the African interior. ...Read Review
Rising Tide (Daniel Nichols Spy Thrillers)
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Daniel Nichols was a pre-WW2 internationalist who becomes very patriotic; a pacifist who takes up arms; and a morally scrupulous son of the ...Read Review
War Cry (de Norton trilogy)
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AdventureBiographical FictionMilitary
The title refers to the second Barons’ War (1264-67). Fifty years earlier, rebel nobles had curbed royal power with the Magna Carta. Now ...Read Review
The Picture House Murders
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It’s 1929, and Clara Vale is a child of privilege who has turned her back on her father’s money and rejected marriage ...Read Review
Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown (UK) / The King’s Pleasure: A Novel of Henry VIII (US)
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Alison Weir has already told this famous story from the viewpoint of each of the six wives of Henry VIII. Now here is ...Read Review
An Empty Throne (Alexander’s Legacy, 3)
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On the death of Alexander the Great, his ramshackle empire, built entirely on his personal charisma and extraordinary military talent, rapidly unravels. His ...Read Review
Gods of Rome (Rise of Emperors)
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This third and final book in the Rise of the Emperors series continues directly from the previous volume, Masters of Rome, beginning in ...Read Review
The King’s Captain
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This is a very slim novella (barely 40,000 words), the second (after The King’s Spy, reviewed in HNR 96) in the “rebellion” series of ...Read Review
Masters of Rome (Rise of Emperors)
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Masters of Rome is the second in the series The Rise of the Emperors. The story picks up from the previous Sons of ...Read Review
Sons of Rome (Rise of Emperors 1)
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The first of a projected series called The Rise of the Emperors, this book details the intertwining lives of two major figures of ...Read Review
