The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Writing a novel can sometimes feel like wading through glutinous mud. But writing a short story can be similar to skating across ice. Before you realise that you’re on a journey, you reach your destination. The latest lockdown has been far from jolly, to say the...
In Peter Tonkin’s new novel, the third instalment of The Trojan Murders series, Odysseus greets King Euenos and asks, “Do you remember me?” The answer is yes. This is a world we are familiar with, a well-trod path through history and literature. But using this beloved...
Continuing his passion for sixteenth century history, Steven Veerapen takes the reader on a thrilling adventure with his latest spy novel, The Queen’s Gold. Based on historical figures and events, accompanied with a fast pace and unexpected turns, Veerapen has created...
The 1915-16 Gallipoli Campaign is one of the most infamous of theatres of the First World War. The loss both in terms of casualties and pride was unparalleled for Allied forces. The campaign attempted to take the Dardanelles Straits by ship, and through them, reach...
David Pilling is a prolific author of historical fiction. With interests ranging from the Byzantine Empire, the post-Roman period in Britain and the British and Irish Civil Wars, he has written numerous tales of blood and chivalry across these eras. Caesar’s Sword:...
I’m the last of my family, and as I sit here, bounded by four unyielding walls, it grows daily less and less likely that I’ll ever continue my family line. We, who rose from little, and achieved so much, will die out here, in a prison of my king’s making. I know that...
Death of an Airman by C. St John Sprigg
The Great Pacific War: A Historic Prophecy Now Fulfilled by Hecor Bywater
Winged Victory by V M Yeates. The Greatest Novel of the first world war in the air - the daily mail newspaper.
The Empress of Hearts: A Romance of Marie Antoinette by E.Barrington
