Nigel Seed
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As a fan of well written historical fiction I have naturally read a number of books by this author. They have all been excellent and this one is no exception. The story flows and the characters are well drawn and believable. I won’t spoil the story f ...more | |
"I usually don't read alternate history books. This one was the exception to the rule. A 'what if' story about Napoleon who, after a weak moment of the British Navy, manages to land his troops on British shores. Will he defeat the British redcoats, co"
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I found this to be an excellent book. Well written and informative. The author very clearly knows his subject. | |
"A truly bloody book
It is fully and very descriptive of war as it was and is. Now mankind has developed even greater ways and arm's of distruction for maiming and killing." |
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"Follows the adventures of runaway slave Silas, as he escapes from the plantation.
The novel gets off to a very good start but by halfway turns into more of a history of the American Civil War. There are some great battle scenes, and it is obvious the" Read more of this review » |
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I was lucky enough to be given an advance review copy of this book and Wow! She did it again. No wonder this author wins all these awards. Her writing is just excellent and the story is a terrific sequel to “The Man from Section Five”. I won’t write ...more | |
“Will they stand sir?”
“Stand? I’ll have trouble stopping them charging. These men are the 9th Sudanese battalion, all from the South Sudan and the Nuba Hills. Bloody fine soldiers with just a little discipline imposed by their officers. You’ll see and so will the Dervishes.”
― No Road to Khartoum
“Stand? I’ll have trouble stopping them charging. These men are the 9th Sudanese battalion, all from the South Sudan and the Nuba Hills. Bloody fine soldiers with just a little discipline imposed by their officers. You’ll see and so will the Dervishes.”
― No Road to Khartoum
“McGuire started to rub the soap across himself, amazed at the change in his own skin colour as the filth of years of poverty floated off him.”
― No Road to Khartoum
― No Road to Khartoum
“The troops arrived at the wall together and swept into the village, some through the gates and some through the holes blasted by the artillery. Then the slaughter began as they went from hut to hut, winkling out the defenders at bayonet point. The screaming showed the progress of the individual battles across the village until at last it was quiet.”
― No Road to Khartoum
― No Road to Khartoum