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Brian Wainwright
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Within the Fetterlock
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2004
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The Adventures of Alianore Audley
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4 editions
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The Open Fetterlock
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2011
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This is one of a series about Matthew Hervey, a British Cavalry Officer in the post-Waterloo era. (You need to start with A Close Run Thing.) Allan Mallinson is a retired senior cavalry officer, and he clearly knows a lot about horses. (Mind you, give...more |
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This is an amazing reference book, which comes as close to being a complete guide to the Navy of this era as one could expect a single volume to be. Want to know what a particular sort of ship looked like? There are drawings. Want to know the names of...more |
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| I know that some people don't like Hilary Mantel's style of writing. Well, if you didn't care for Wolf Hall I wouldn't bother buying this one, as the style is pretty much the same. With one small modification - it's easier to work out when Cromwell i...more | |
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
"Excellent (and from your evidence totally justified) demolition job. What a pity that Weir and Gregory still manage to dominate the book stand, when t...more
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Hi, everyone. I have just joined Goodreads, which is a way cool website, as my nephew would say. I wanted to spread the word that Devil's Brood,the fi...more
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A chance to ask me questions about my novels and the history behind them.
