This is a bold attempt at an illustrated account of centuries of history. The development of the Navy is well covered in terms of logistics, tactics, technology and its role in British culture. There is a good use of statistics to form a picture and good embedding of primary sources to cement the narrative. There…

Mariani’s intriguing opening and atmospheric imagery grip the reader from the start and interest is sustained by a complex but manageable plot and a little humour. Part of this complex plot is the story within a story, a tool Mariani uses repeatedly in his Ben Hope series to bring history into his work. This is…

Published in 2005, this is an intriguing piece of Harlan Coben’s older work. Coben’s humour, the atmosphere of a place in need of regeneration, the interesting exploration of human nature, the fragility of the American suburban ideal and believable law enforcement evasion are aspects of Coben’s work which clearly became a theme of his work…

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