Quillan Creek and the Little War (Time Stones #1)
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Jessie Mason lives with her nose in the pages of history. But she is about to discover that the past...
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David McK (3814 KP) rated Fortune Favours the Brave (Rifleman Dando #1) in Books
Feb 8, 2026
Otherwise known as Dando on the Delhi Ridge.
I actually read this as the first part in a 3-book compilation ("THE RIFLEMAN DANDO ADVENTURES three action-packed historical military thrillers"), thinking it may be something interesting, something akin to Bernard Cornwell's Napoleonic-set Sharpe series, or to Paul Fraser Collard's 'Jack Lark' series.
While the history may be - and, for me, was - interesting, unfortunately the plot around the rest of the story was not all that much so. I have to say, I also found the phonetic spelling "See 'ere" rather off-putting, although understandable in that the soldiers were usually drawn from the lower classes rather than the posh higher classes.
I also found the flashbacks to a pre-soldier Dando, and just how he came to be a redcoat, actually more interesting than the 'current events' of the Indian mutiny, for some reason.
Still, I'll read the next two as well at some point (but doubt I'll be going out of my way beyond that)
Glorious Exploits
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It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian...
Historical fiction Greece Syracuse
The Silence Factory
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The whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY Henry dreams of silence. A...
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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
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A DESTINY REWRITTEN. A ROYAL HEART DIVIDED. Adored only child of Henry VIII and his Queen,...
Historical fiction Tudors English monarchy
ClareR (6241 KP) rated A Divine Fury in Books
Jul 15, 2025
Typical.
I quite happy with my Aldo-Addiction, and I honestly think that more people should join me.
I love the historical detail, and how the Catholic Church have a stranglehold on every aspect of life in Florence (well, everywhere Catholic, really). Aldo is just a thoroughly lovely character, as is Officer Strocchi, his wife and Saul (a Jewish doctor).
It’s a fine line these officers have to walk when they find a murdered man, set up in a clearly religious tableau. And the murderer doesn’t just stop at one victim.
There are other issues for Aldo and Strocchi to deal with, but the story never seems over-stuffed with information.
I absolutely love these stories, and I’m REALLY looking forward to getting stuck in to the next one!
The Woman in the Wallpaper
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Paris, 1789. The Oberst Factory, which crafts exquisite wallpaper for the most fashionable French...
Historical fiction French Revolution
Good Dirt
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A family full of secrets. A chance to set them all free. When Ebby Freeman travels to France to...
Historical fiction Family
The House of Fallen Sisters
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December, 1765. In the early hours of the morning, Sukey Maynard flees her home – a brothel in...
Historical fiction
Sword Brethren (The Northern Crusader Chronicles)
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1242. After being wounded in the Battle on the Ice, Richard Fitz Simon becomes a prisoner of Prince...
Historical Action Adventure Medieval