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Category: Historical Fiction

September 24, 2019

Review: The Last Full Measure, Jeff Shaara

Rating: 5 out of 5 This was a very emotional final volume in the Civil War trilogy. Far more so than in the previous…

July 22, 2019

Review: The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara

Rating: 4 out of 5 Who doesn’t know of Gettysburg, of Lee, of Pickett? I don’t think many would be able to name the…

May 15, 2019

Review: Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara

Rating: 4 out of 5 I found this book to be very good but also difficult. This is stated with respect to both the…

March 18, 2019

Review: Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters

Rating: 4 out of 5 I was drawn into the Amelia Peabody series by my recent incursion into the more factual Ancient Egyptian stories….

January 27, 2019

Review: Ryoma! Vol. II, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have praised many a work by Mr Shiba — this one is no different. From the ending of…

December 1, 2018

Review: Ryoma! Vol. I, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have been a fan of the writings of Mr Shiba for nearly a decade now — and I…

July 22, 2018

Review: The Tower is Full of Ghosts Today, Alison Weir

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was hoping this would be on par with some other works by Alison Weir I’ve read, but I…

May 21, 2018

Review: All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren

All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book took me a long while, indeed a lot…

April 16, 2018

Review: ‘The Three Kingdoms’, Luo Guanzhong

Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes by Luo Guanzhong My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is, without a doubt, one of the…

March 28, 2018

Review: ‘Dangerous Women’, George R.R. Martin

Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have to say, rating a collection is tough as it can…

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