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- Sat August 15th, 2015, 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Now?
- Replies: 1456
- Views: 113096
Re: Where Are You Now?
1895, the Middle East just crossing into eastern Europe and about to catch one of the first runs of the Orient Express
- Sun June 14th, 2015, 9:59 am
- Forum: Victorian
- Topic: Return of the Victorian age thriller
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8174
- Sun December 28th, 2014, 1:56 pm
- Forum: By Author's Last Name R-Z
- Topic: Kings of Albion by Julian Rathbone
- Replies: 0
- Views: 630
Kings of Albion by Julian Rathbone
This is an intriguing spin on the War of the Roses as seen through the eyes of a group of travellers from the Far East. As ever with Rathbone this is a quirky, gritty but always attention grabbing work.
- Sun December 28th, 2014, 1:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does Game of Thrones encourage HF reading?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2576
- Thu November 6th, 2014, 7:56 pm
- Forum: Victorian
- Topic: Secret societies of the Victorian era
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6771
- Sun November 2nd, 2014, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Victorian
- Topic: Secret societies of the Victorian era
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6771
Secret societies of the Victorian era
The Victorians were obsessed with the secret society, the esoteric and spiritual. Does anyone know of any reference works or websites on this subject? This world features in fiction too and I would be interested to know of readers experiences of the subject.
- Sun November 2nd, 2014, 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does Game of Thrones encourage HF reading?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2576
Does Game of Thrones encourage HF reading?
Do people approve of series like Game of Thrones encouraging an interest in HF that might translating to book reading? The contrary view is that they are just soft porn for the masses.
I enjoyed Rome immensely but Spartacus is just awful and Game of Thrones little better in my humble opinion.
I enjoyed Rome immensely but Spartacus is just awful and Game of Thrones little better in my humble opinion.
- Sun October 26th, 2014, 4:39 pm
- Forum: Member Writings
- Topic: Peninsular Spy - a Napoleonic thriller
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1031
Peninsular Spy - a Napoleonic thriller
Peninsular Spy is now available to purchase as an eBook from the usual outlets. French intelligence operations in London and across Europe threaten the efforts of the alliance against Napoleon. Archie Dexter and a small group of agents must fight an ever dirtier war from London to the battlefields o...
- Sun October 26th, 2014, 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: September 2014: What are you reading?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5456
The Burning Ground
Samuel Black's The Burning Ground may just be one of those few books I fail to finish. I so wanted to love this book but just cannot. Part of the problem is that with the exception of Leonardo de Vinci, all the characters are portrayed as quite vile, which I guess they were. Unfortunately the odd st...
- Sun July 27th, 2014, 9:37 am
- Forum: Victorian
- Topic: Ridding HF of those dreadful stereotypes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 989
That is most certainly true, some of history's characters are almost too unbelievable. Researching my second novel set in the 1880s I came across Colonel Blood who almost got away with stealing the Crown Jewels in 1671. His exploits were as off the wall as Cochrane. One of the greatest problems for ...