Malcolm Of Earth
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They took him from his world to end a war on theirs… They got more than they bargained for. ...
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The Trial of Lotta Rae
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On Halloween night, 1906, young working class Lotta Rae is attacked by a wealthy gentleman. She...
Historical fiction Suffragettes Trigger warning: rape World War 1
Lewis John Hatchett (23 KP) rated Tolkien (2019) in Movies
May 16, 2019 (Updated May 16, 2019)
Visually stunning for a film set in the late 1800s through WW1 and a soundtrack fitting for the film. Cast was chosen well and stand out performance from Nicholas Hoult in the titular role.
For a film that looked to be just about Tolkienand how he wrote The Lord of The Rings & The Hobbit series, it's so much more. If this doesn't at least receive some nominations for awards I would be shocked. If you have not seen it go see it before it's too late.
Memoirs of a Rifleman Scout
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Major Crum fought in the Second Boer War (1890 - 1902) in the Mounted Infantry, where he was wounded...
Fatou, Julia, Montel: The Great Prize of Mathematical Sciences of 1918, and Beyond
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How did Pierre Fatou and Gaston Julia create what we now call Complex Dynamics, in the context of...
A History of the Royal Navy: Women and the Royal Navy
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'Never at Sea' was the motto of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in its two-stage life from...
Lost (The Caelian Cycle #1)
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During WW1, a meteorite crashed, releasing a mist that changed the DNA of all who were exposed. One...
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The Boy from Nowhere
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The warm, funny memoir of Gregor Fisher, the much loved Scottish actor best known for Rab C....
In Picardy's Fields
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Baroness Agnès de Saint-Aubin is a young Parisian doctor with a mysterious past. She follows the...
Having - inadvertently - previously saved the life of Prince Khoosie of the state of Jhamjarh, this novel starts with Bandy travelling to that continent to help them set up their own air force: an air force that is viewed with some misgivings by the (British) powers-that-be, who are convinced that it will be used against them and who refuse to heed any warnings about an uprising that is planned by another Indian state, even going so far as to take their side against Jhamjarh.
As things turn out, of course, the British government have it all backwards …
As I've said before, I found the quality of these novels to have declined in direct proportion to their settings: for my money, the earlier books (set during and just after WW1) are far superior to these later instalments. Having said that, I did find this one to be more enjoyable than its immediate predecessor, with a few laugh-out-loud moments and a further insight into just how Bandy's First World War experiences have affected him