Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review: Following Tommy by Bob Hartley

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Following Tommy a novel by Bob Hartley Review by Gordon O’Sullivan Paperback: 104 pages Publisher: Cervena Bara Press (2012) Language: English ISBN 978-0-9831041-8-6  Purchase from: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk Following Tommy is a vibrant fictional portrait of the summer of ’62 … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews: Dragonslayers & Jason and the Argonauts – from Osprey Adventures

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Ian Shone’s latest book reviews are two titles in a new series from Osprey called Osprey Adventures Dragonslayers, by Joseph A. McCullough Order from: Osprey | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk and Jason and the Argonauts, by Neil Smith Order from: Osprey … Continue reading →

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Sword and Scimitar by Simon Scarrow reviewed by Ian Shone

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Great new review by Ian Shone. Simon Scarrow’s book Sword and Scimitar takes on the little known, but historically important, Siege of Malta in 1565. Take a look at Ian’s review to see if he does a good job of … Continue reading →

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New Book Review and New Book Reviewer – The Sins of the Father by C. B. Hanley

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

As you may know Ian Shone writes quite a few of the book reviews for the Alt Hist site, and while he is still going strong (should have another review from him soon), we have also had some other volunteers … Continue reading →

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New Book Review: The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Ian Shone has yet another book review for us – this time it’s the latest book in the post-war  alternate history series by Ian Tregillis. Check out the review over on our Book Reviews page. Ian thought it was a … Continue reading →

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New Book Review: Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

The latest book review from Ian Shone has now been posted in our reviews section. If you like a fair bit of hokum and pirates then Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe might well be your cup of tea! If … Continue reading →

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New Book Review: The Far Side of the World by Daniel Kalla – reviewed by Ian Shone

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

A new book review from Ian Shone: Coming off the last book reviewed for Alt Hist (Rebecca Cantrell’s A Game of Lies) there seems to be a certain accidental continuity with this book, which deals with a Jewish doctor’s flight from … Continue reading →

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New Book Review by Seamus Sweeney of Resistance by Owen Sheers

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

Resistance by Owen Sheers is not a new title, but we thought that it would be a good book to review as the subject matter is similar to Jonathan Doering’s ‘Battalion 202′ stories for Alt Hist 4. Both Resistance and … Continue reading →

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A Games of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell reviewed by Ian Shone

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

We have just published a review by Ian Shone of Rebecca Cantrell’s A Game of Lies – it’s an espionage thriller set during the 1936 Berlin Olympics – so quite a timely publication! The plot involves the leaking of Nazi … Continue reading →

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Adam Roberts Novelette reviewed by Ian Shone

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

We have a new book review by Ian Shone. This time its of a limited edition novelette by Adam Roberts entitled An Account of a Voyage from World to World Again, by Way of the Moon, 1726.

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