Showing posts with label civil war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil war. Show all posts
Friday, January 10, 2014

Doves Of War by Paul Preston

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Writers of fiction are often accused of forcing their characters to jump through ever more fanciful hoops to satisfy a presumed need for eng...
Friday, March 4, 2011

The Battle For Spain by Anthony Beevor

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Occasionally, very rarely in fact, one comes across a thoroughly outstanding book. From beginning to end it’s authoritative, clearly written...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Ways Of Escape by Graham Greene

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Ways Of Escape is one of the most rewarding and, surprisingly, surprising reads one might encounter. On the face of it, the book is Graham G...
Thursday, December 4, 2008

Over By Christmas by William Daysh

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Over By Christmas by William Daysh is a war novel. It is also a superb novel in which real events, imagined histories, human relationships a...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

A valley side too far - Resistance by Owen Sheers

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In Resistance Owen Sheers re-writes the history of World War Two. Germany has invaded Britain. The United States, having suffered reversals ...
Saturday, September 6, 2008

The South by Colm Toibin

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The South by Colm Toibin is an intense, though fitful chronicle of a woman’s life, a life as yet incomplete. It presents a patchwork of deta...
Monday, September 1, 2008

2030 The Lottery by Peter Moore

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2030 The Lottery by Peter Moore is a pseudo-Orwellian poke into a possible British future. In contrast to Orwell, who placed his all-powerfu...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

On The Yankee Station by William Boyd

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On The Yankee Station by William Boyd is a series of short stories, the longest of which provides the title for the set. This particular sto...
Thursday, July 26, 2007

Something of a disappointment - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Something of a disappointment It is not often that a novel comes to hand that has been prized, praised and pre-inflated. Half of a Yellow Su...