The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell – Historical fiction set at the time of Alfred the Great (before he was great) in England when the vikings invaded and threatened to conquer all [...]

The book Sharpe’s Rifles is the beginning of a rather large series of wonderful books by Bernard Cornwall. I say it is the first book, but as Bernard continues to write prequels [...]

I got hooked on the Horatio Hornblower series after watching the wonderful movies on the books done by A&E. A wonderful series of books about the exploits of a mythical English sea [...]