Inspired by her grandfather’s war service, Mary-Anne O’Connor has in “At The Going Down Of The Sun” successfully melded a family saga with the historical event surrounding World War I. Spanning from country Victoria to Europe and the Middle East, the author captivates...
Set during the time of the War of Roses (1455-85) that raged between the Houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, Book 1 in the Wheel of Fortune – The Tarnished Crown is a gripping read that has skilfully drawn the protagonists and set the scene for the...
“Jeff has spent the past 45 years as a research physicist helping to develop the science that has made technically possible a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), one linchpin of the Cold War stand-down discussed in his new book, Avoiding Apocalypse” When a man of...
It is always exciting when a new book is presented by Kirsty Manning. She has an amazing talent for finding little known subjects and writing about them. Her books are based on facts and a story is built around the initial truth and how the future may have...
Despite large numbers of volunteer Special Operational Executive (SOE) agents having been dropped into occupied territory and thus having a huge impact on the outcome of World War II; until recent years there was very little acknowledgement of their valuable...
Saxon England was a brutal, dangerous place and a time when the ever present danger of a Viking invasion was real. Life was tough, men did not expect to live long and warfare could be a daily event: dependent on what the Vikings were planning and how well the...
Love, Oil and the Fortunes of War presents an interesting, if somewhat usual hybrid of a story based in history, at a period of time when change was of monumental proportions within the United Kingdom, characters who shaped the future of the country where larger than...
Set in Britain in the early years of World War II The Bletchley Girls from Anna Stuart is a captivating read based on a true story. Anna Stuart tells the story of three young women whose lives are changed by the choice they all made; to join a newly formed...
The East German Spy Mistress has been set in the Cold War era, post-World War II. Ulrica zu Lauenburg is facing some hard truths about the life she has lead as a ‘spy mistress’, realising it is only a matter of time before she is caught by the British, who are well...
Set in Queensland from 1942, this Historical Fiction, Daughter of the Home Front deals with people during the war period. The main character, Emma Hatton, is a smart young woman who had never had the chance for further education. She had to leave school and help with...
Many people have been to Darwin and visited the war museum there. During the Second World War the extent of the bombing of Darwin was kept quiet but now most people now are aware of that terrible time. Darwin Spitfires: The Real Battle For Australia aims to tell the...
Spanning over a period of four decades, ‘Blue Hour’, explores the ways the indescribable trauma of war impacts upon the complex, lives and marriages of Kitty and her daughter, Eleanor; both of whom were married to war damaged veterans. Mother and daughter have an...
