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The Battle of Fort Scarlet
Bebbington, Jon
A battle of the elements on a remote sea island.
The Battle of Fort Scarlet is a breathtaking and intimate tale of how an unwelcome war affects lives in a small town. The all-too-real tragedy of lives lost and injustices experienced is interwoven with the ways people cope with trauma. There is romance, courts martial, and ennui as the community is stirred to frustration under siege. The narrative reflects accurately and candidly the experiences of Coastal Artillery Corps soldiers and the communities that surrounded them in the early 20th Century. This fast-paced book will be a striking read for fans of military stories, historical fiction, romance, and a good balance of action sequences and relationship-focused drama.
Historical Fiction, Historical War Fiction (Spanish American War era)
American (1898 - 1918)
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21.99
Between Feud and Treason
Grash Francis
Dive into the world of Late Republican Rome with a story about a young poetess, the daughter of one of the most fervent Caesar opponents!
Cassia’s life turns upside down after she discovers her father was involved in the plot against Caesar. She needs to learn how to function in the new reality, trapped between political unrest and her own ambitions. Always passionate about writing, she tries to follow her heart. The more she descends into the artistic world, the greater obstacles she encounters… one of them being a newly uncovered desire. What choices will Cassia make to free from this den of lies? Will she be able to abandon one goal in favour of another?
Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
Roman
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Commissar: A Novel of Civil War Russia
Chernov, D.V.
Finalist – 2022 Hemingway International Book Award
A gripping historical spy thriller based on incredible real events
After the 1917 revolution, Russia is teetering on the brink of civil war. When the Soviet head of state Lenin is shot by an assassin, CHEKA agent Anna Sokolova is tasked with hunting down British spy Sidney Reilly who set in motion an audacious plot to alter the course of Russian history. Meanwhile, in New York, an American WWI veteran William Arden sets sail on a mission to Russia that is not what it appears to be, and the true purpose of which even he may not yet fully comprehend. Their paths cross in Petrograd, and they become unlikely allies. As a bloody conflict ignites throughout Russia, Anna’s loyalties are tested. Can she save her country and not lose herself in the process?
Meticulously researched, Commissar is a gripping spy thriller based on historical events of the little-known period of US and British intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918-22).
Book 1 of Anna Sokolova series.
Historical Fiction, Historical Spy Thriller, Historical War Fiction
WWI
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8.99
Chameleon, Death of a Nation
Black, Chris
War is coming
The third nail-biting thriller in the Chameleon series continues, (1937-1938), is full of twists and turns and simply dripping with historical facts and events unfurling seamlessly throughout.
Hitler draws up his plans of conquest in Eastern Europe while the western powers adopt appeasement in the face of Hitler’s aggression.
A terrible secret is out, an SS Dr. is murdered and a pitiless evil is exposed, with a horrifying vision of the perverted Nazi science that is yet to come.
Victor is put in charge of finding the enigmatic assassin who is executing concentration camp guards, the “Ghost”.
Historical Fiction
Nazi Germany 1937 - 1938
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3.27
Chameleon, The Terror Begins
Black, Chris
Fear has many faces
Kurt the "Chameleon" continues his quest to destroy the Nazis. Nobody suspects him as being the mysterious marksman during the Bavarian Affair. He’s now a man who lives by the law of the gun.
Hitler is summoned to von Hindenburg’s country estate and ordered to either curtail Ernst Röhm and the SA, or he will be sacked as chancellor and replaced by a military panel, Hitler must choose between power and killing a friend…
As the infamous Night of the Long Knives unfurls, Kurt is deep in treason and retribution, as well as dealing with his personal secrets and demons.
From review: "Chameleon is well-paced and keeps the readers on their toes as to what will happen next. Chapter’s end on cliffhangers keeping readers on tenterhooks. The suspense, espionage, plot twists and subterfuge are skillfully implemented, completely entrenching readers in a different, more horrific world. The author’s descriptions of key authority figures within the Nazi regime is nothing short of chilling."
Historical Fiction
Nazi Germany 1933- 1937
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Chameleon
Black, Chris
Meet the Chameleon
Based on true events.
Kurt, a boy from the slums of Berlin is an orphan of WWI. He is taken in and raised by a wealthy Jewish couple, Mamma and Papa Kaufmann, who give him not only a loving home, but the best advantages in life money can buy. Educated at a prestigious gymnasium, when he graduates, Kurt has one burning ambition, to become an officer in the German army.
Liberal decadence and sexual freedom clash with political extremism, that grows ever more insidious and dangerous for gay men like Kurt, who must keep his sexuality a closely guarded secret.
Soon, Kurt draws the attention of the mysterious Oberst (colonel) Count Maximillian “Max” von Wallenberg from the Abwehr (German military intelligence). Max recognises the growing popularity of the Nazis and the threat posed to the Weimar Republic and he is resolved to do everything in his power to stop Hitler from becoming Chancellor of Germany. Kurt’s life and his destiny are about to change forever..
Historical Fiction
Nazi Germany 1928 - 1933
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Gods of Men, Amphipolis
Remus, Philip
Sparta hits back
The battle that made a hero, in the war that changed the world.
The power of Athens meets the might of Sparta in this epic Fourth Novel in the award-winning Gods of Men series. Brasidas of Sparta marches north.
Athens launches a daring offensive against Thebes.
Brasidas’s primary target is the fortified city of Amphipolis on the Strymon River, a jewel in the Athenian Empire vital to Athens’ ability to continue the war.
But not everybody falls for the sweet-talking Spartan, and his most important ally, Perdiccas of Macedon will lead him on unwanted adventures with disastrous consequences and betrayal. But Brasidas is a storm nothing can stop…
Historical Fiction
Ancient Worl, Greece
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Gods of men, Rise of the Wolf
Remus, Philip
The Wolf of Sparta is unleashed
A violent and bloody civil war breaks out on the Island of Corcyra. (Korfu).
Brasidas, with his young apprentice, Lysander at his side, spearheads a fleet of Peloponnesian ships into battle, engaging the Corcyraean fleet and some Athenian warships in battle.
Pylos in the Spartan territory of Messenia is occupied by a maverick Athenian adventurer and becomes bitterly fought over. Brasidas is once again at the fore and is gravely wounded.
Lysander is making a name for himself...
"Mind-blowingly accurate, unique perspective of the Peloponnesian War, with nail biting storytelling that I just couldn’t stop reading, much like in the other Gods of Men Books. Mr Remus is not only a superb storyteller, he’s an excellent historian, depicting the times very accurately. Great read from start to finish."
Historical
Ancient world, Greece
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Dods of Men, The Delian War
Remus, Philip
War is a spartan's destiny
Lysander, now a young elite warrior, longs for command and the much-anticipated war with the Athenian Empire to become the warrior he was born to be.
Far away from Sparta, a sea battle is fought between the fleets of Corinth and Megara against Corcyra, which has made an alliance with Athens, who have dispatched ten warships to join the Corcyraean fleet near some islands called Sybota.
As war looms, Sparta orders the largest army she has ever mustered to the Isthmus of Corinth ready to invade Attica. Ares walks the Earth
Historical fiction
Ancient World, Greece
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2.99
Gods of Men, whewre the Spartans are Made
Remus, Philip
Winner, Chaucer Book Awards for Historical fiction
As the road to a new war is steadily laid, the powerful city states of Athens and Sparta move steadily towards the inevitable conflict. As these great events unfold, the boy Lysander begins his long and violent education, and it’s not long before the boy herder recognizes that Lysander is no ordinary student.
From one of my Readers: "Remus has decided to tackle an extremely difficult subject and I dare say he is also the first to take that particular shot and having great results. Without resulting to dilute the story with the trivia of Spartan education, society and politics (something that plagues other stories of the type) he goes into depth on the multifaceted theme by having done actual research beforehand. The book's plot and characters manage to remain extremely engaging from start to finish which is a rarity in of itself. This work deserves much more time in the spotlight that it is being given. "Underrated" is a perfect description of this small masterpiece."
War, Politics, Spartan education
Ancient World, Greek
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Collegium, Brotherhood of Roagues
Remus, Philip
Finalist in the Chaucer Historical Fiction awards
Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues” is based around historically factual events.
Egypt has fallen, Cleopatra and Antonius are dead by their own hands and Octavius Caesar is now the most powerful man on earth. But Caesar’s position is far from secure.
Enemies in the Senate are already plotting against him.
Renegade legionaries still loyal to Antonius are fermenting rebellion, among them, the renegade legate of the Third Aegyptus, Titus Eximius, who, sworn to topple the young tyrant, escapes from Egypt and turns to the Barbarians of Moesia to raise a Celtic army to invade Italy, financed by a vast treasure hidden by Marcus Antonius years ago.
Titus has no idea that Caesar’s legions are secretly poised to conquer Moesia to secure the empire’s frontiers along the mighty Danube River.
In Rome, an insidious group of senators and political enemies led by Fannius Caepio are plotting Caesar’s assassination, but they know they’re powerless without military assistance, and so, an alliance is made
War, espionage, crime
Ancient world, Roman
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the Devil’s Own
McDonald, Maria
What would you do with a serial killers diary?
After forty years in the Irish army, Brian is looking forward to retiring and spending time with his wife—though he worries about adjusting to civilian life. While clearing the attic before they move house, he makes a discovery: three journals dating back to the early twentieth century.
One was written by Arthur, an ex-Connaught Ranger; another by Arthur’s wife, Edith, a colonel’s daughter; and the third by Henry, a British soldier and Arthur’s best friend.
Brian and his wife are soon engrossed in reading the diaries and following the intertwined stories of these three people from the past. But it soon becomes chillingly clear that these diaries contain more than the daily adventures of ordinary lives. Because one of the three is a killer . . .