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Tuesday, 26 December 2023

MALTA: BLITZED BUT NOT BEATEN

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Philip Vella’s comprehensive account of the Second World War siege of Malta was published in 1985; my copy was the third edition, 1989. In t...
Friday, 22 December 2023

RESURRECTION DAY - Book review

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Brendan DuBois’s alternate history novel Resurrection Day was published in 1999. The ‘what if?’ scenario is tantalising indeed: What if the...
Wednesday, 13 December 2023

THE MUMMY - Book review

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  Anne Rice’s 1989 novel The Mummy ( or Ramses the Damned ) is not a novelisation of the Brendan Fraser film (which came out ten years late...
Tuesday, 5 December 2023

SOE AGENT - book review

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  The subtitle of the Osprey book SOE Agent is Churchill’s Secret Warriors ; text by Terry Crowdy, colour illustrations by Steve Noon. This...
Monday, 4 December 2023

THE MELTING MAN - book review

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In the mid-1960s I read a few books by Victor Canning and thoroughly enjoyed them. For some reason I didn’t read any more (maybe suborned by...
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Sunday, 3 December 2023

THE TUMBLED HOUSE - book review

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  Winston Graham’s 1959 novel The Tumbled House is a romantic suspense novel long out of print; my copy is the fourth impression dated 19...
Saturday, 2 December 2023

SHARPE'S COMMAND - Book review

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Bernard Cornwell’s latest (2023) Sharpe adventure Sharpe’s Command places our hero at the battle of the Bridge at Almaraz, 1812 – as usual,...
Monday, 6 November 2023

JACKDAWS - book review

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  The prolific Ken Follett’s Jackdaws was published in 2001. His output is varied and broad in theme and place and time. Here, he returns t...
Sunday, 5 November 2023

NOBBUT A LAD - book review

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  Alan Titchmarsh’s memoir Nobbut a Lad – A Yorkshire childhood was published in 2006. Titchmarsh is familiar to UK television viewers th...
Saturday, 28 October 2023

IN SOLITARY - Book review

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  Garry Kilworth’s debut novel In Solitary was published in 1977. Since then he has produced novels in a broad number of genres, among them...
Thursday, 26 October 2023

THE INFORMATION OFFICER - Book review

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  This is the third book by Mark Mills – each one different in place and time. The Information Officer was published in 2009. It’s set in M...
Saturday, 14 October 2023

THE NIGHT OF KADAR - Book review

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  Garry Kilworth’s second novel The Night of Kadar was published in 1978. It’s a fascinating novel based on the generation starship conce...
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