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‘The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion’ by Laura Brennan
The Restoration is one of my favourite periods of history and the Duke of Monmouth is a significant character of this time. In 1660, Charles II, son of the murdered Charles I, was restored to the...
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The Race To Save The Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
I really enjoyed reading and reviewing Helen Rappaport’s previous book Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd 1917. As I wrote in my review of that book at the time, as well as being an informative and...
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Witches and historical “bad girls”
Bad Girls From History: Wicked Or Misunderstood? By Dee Gordon Now, this would make a great present, and in our current climate this book is very relevant. Among others, this book covers the lives of...
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Hammer Complete by Howard Maxford
The Films, The Personnel, The Company There are a great many books about the much-loved Hammer Films, many of them very worthy, but if you only buy one, make it ‘Hammer Complete’, it really is Hammer...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles
Historical rebellions The Gunpowder Plot Deceit by Martyn R. Beardsley The Gunpowder Plot is still a very significant part of the fabric of British society to this very day (though this year it was...
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Reviewing history
More historical fiction book reviews by Steve Earles Cornwall: Romans to Victorians by Derek Tait One of my earliest memories is a childhood holiday to Cornwall, indeed to this day I still have a...
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The Making of Tombstone by John Farkis
Behind The Scenes of the Classic Modern Western I love Westerns and Tombstone is one of my all-time favourites. It doesn’t hurt that it stars John Carpenter’s acting alter-ego Kurt Russell. I do hope...
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Trench Art by Nicholas J. Saunders
Materialities and Memories of War Now, this is a book about World War One which truly deserves a wide audience, dealing as it does with an aspect of the Great War not as well-known as it should be....
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Perspectives on Stephen King
Conversations with Authors, Experts and Collaborators By Andrew J. Rausch Published by McFarland This is a really great idea for a book. As one of the interviewees, Joe R. Lansdale says: “A lot of...
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Riff Reb’s – Men At Sea
Published by Dead Reckoning Riff Reb’s is a truly remarkable storyteller; his artwork is timeless and evocative and his skills at writing easily match it. As a man who has always loved the sea, I have...
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Bryant & May: The Lonely Hour
By Christopher Fowler Published by Doubleday A new book by the great Christopher Fowler is always a special occasion. Christopher is a great English storyteller in the vein of such greats as Charles...
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About Science Fiction and Horror – books in review
A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers By Tom Weaver Published by McFarland Nobody could have written this book except Tom Weaver, who loves these films and is a superb writer....
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Disaster At Stalingrad
Disaster At Stalingrad: An Alternative History By Peter G. Tsouras Foreword by Ralph Peters Published by Frontline Books In September 1942, the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus,...
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Pete Orford
Charles Dickens’ Unfinished Novel and Our Endless Attempts To End It Published by Pen & Sword History Charles Dickens dies on the 9th of June 1870, halfway through the writing of The Mystery of...
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Invading Britain
Operation Sealion: The Invasion of England 1940 By Peter Schenk Foreword by Sonke Nietzel Published by Greenhill Books By 1940, German forces controlled France’s Channel coast. Hitler’s next step...
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Napoleon Victorious by Peter G. Tsouras
An Alternative History of the Battle of Waterloo Published by Greenhill Books I love reading and reviewing the work of Peter G. Tsouras, for his writing is as much about history as it is about...
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History of Terror: Armenian Genocide
History of Terror: Armenian Genocide: The Great Crime of World War One By David Charlwood Published by Pen & Sword History The Armenian Genocide is one of many things that we should have been...
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By Winston Churchill: books in review
Thoughts and Adventures Published by ISI ‘Thoughts and Adventures’ is rightly considered to be Churchill’s undiscovered classic. It was written during Churchill’s ‘wilderness years’ in 1932. Whether...
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Dracula As Absolute Other
The Troubling And Distracting Specter of Stoker’s Vampire On Screen By Simon Bacon Published by McFarland This an excellent book exploring the role of Dracula as the ultimate outsider: like a dark...
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The Secret History Of The Hell-Fire Clubs
From Rabelais and John Dee to Anton LaVey and Timothy Leary By Geoffrey Ashe Published by Inner Traditions Most people have heard of the Hell-Fire Clubs. Mention the name and most people think of...
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