Mike Ashworth

Medici: Legacy (Masters of Florence, 3)

By Matteo Strukul - By Richard McKenna (trans.) - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

When Francis, heir to the throne of France, is found dead, many at the French court use the opportunity to make political mischief ...Read Review

For Lord and Land (The Bernicia Chronicles, 8)

By Matthew Harffy - Published 2021

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

AD 651. War continues to rage across Anglo-Saxon England as kings indulge their passion for conquest. Oswiu of Bernicia looks for an excuse to ...Read Review

Monstrous Design

By Kat Dunn - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1794. In Paris the French Revolution is on the brink of collapse. Chaos looms while dark forces gather, determined to take power. A small ...Read Review

Civilisations

By Laurent Binet - Published 2021

Genres:

Alternate History

The book opens in AD 1000. Freydis Eriksdottir, Erik the Red’s daughter, leads a band of Viking warriors who travel as far as ...Read Review

A Time for Swords

By Matthew Harffy - Published 2021

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

AD 793, Lindisfarne. Hunlaf is a young novice monk based at the Minster at Werceworthe (Warkworth) on the Northumbrian coast. On a fine spring ...Read Review

Karolina, or the Torn Curtain (UK) / Karolina and the Torn Curtain (US)

By Maryla Szymiczkowa - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Cracow, 1895. When Mrs Zofia Turbotyska returns home from the Easter celebrations, she finds to her absolute horror that her maid, Karolina, has handed ...Read Review

Shadow of the Hawk (Master of War 7)

By David Gilman - Published 2021

Genres:

MilitaryThriller

Winter 1364. Once again, war between England and France is coming. Sir Thomas Blackstone, Edward III’s Master of War, is sent to secure ...Read Review

Blackout

By Simon Scarrow - Published 2021

Genres:

Thriller

Berlin, December 1939. The Second World War is in its very early stage. The Nazis are tightening their ruthless grip on the German people. ...Read Review

Medici: Supremacy

By Matteo Struckul - By Richard McKenna (trans.) - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Florence, 1469. Lorenzo de Medici has become the head of the family and de facto ruler of Florence. Life is never simple in the ...Read Review

War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France

By Patrick Marnham - Published 2020

Genres:

Nonfiction

In 2000, Patrick Marnham published a biography of Jean Moulin, General de Gaulle’s delegated leader of the French Resistance in World War Two. ...Read Review