We’ve a real treat for Roman fans this month, with FOUR new books up for grabs! Win a copy of Eagles in the Storm, the new novel by Ben Kane, Betrayal: The Centurions I, the first in a new series from Anthony Riches, and Earthly Gods, the latest in the Agent of Rome series by Nick […]
Top ten books about the Russian Revolution
At Queens University Belfast, I read Russian Studies and English for my first degree. My enjoyment of novels set in Russia has never left me. The centenary of The Russian Revolution is an opportunity for me to revisit books that are set just before, during and in the immediate aftermath of the revolution. These selected […]
Desert Island Books: Margaret George
This is fun, because my first novel (unpublished) was about three people on an island – not a desert one but a tropical one so I could have snakes, volcanoes, and so on – and I made it really difficult for them by not having any books at all. By the end of the novel […]
February Giveaway!
Two books up for grabs this month! Win a copy of Viper’s Blood, the new novel from bestselling author David Gilman AND a copy of Divided Souls, the latest in the Kingmaker series from Toby Clements. Read more about Master of War: Viper’s Blood. Read more about Kingmaker: Divided Souls. Just follow the instructions below to enter. […]
January Giveaway!
Win a copy of Corpus, the new novel from bestselling author Rory Clements! 1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war. Set against the drumbeat of war and moving from Berlin to Cambridge, from Whitehall to the […]
HWA’s Christmas Reads
We asked members of the Historical Writers’ Association which books were on their Christmas list, and which they were giving to others. The results include some sparkling fiction and non-fiction, from prize-winning novels to hidden gems. Manda Scott Every year something jumps out of the TBR pile and makes itself noticed so that I remember it […]






