Tag Archives: military

Sharpe’s Eagle

Posted on August 21, 2010 by smellincoffee

Sharpe’s Eagle© 1981 Bernard Cornwell270 pages The year is 1809, and much of western Europe has been subdued by the First French Empire. Napoleon Bonaparte rules as Europe’s greatest emperor, but there are those who resist. England stands apart from … Continue reading →

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Give Me Back My Legions!

Posted on August 9, 2010 by smellincoffee

Give Me Back my Legions!© 2009 Harry Turtledove320 pages Give Me Back My Legions! is a piece of historical fiction by Harry Turtledove, detailing the why and how of Rome’s savage defeat at the hands of German tribesmen in the … Continue reading →

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Hornblower and the Crisis

Posted on July 20, 2010 by smellincoffee

Hornblower and the Crisis© 1967 CS Forester174 pages Hornblower and the Crisis is the last of CS Forester’s Hornblower books, as Forester died in the midst of writing it. This book collects the first 130 pages of the intended novel, … Continue reading →

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Chainbreaker’s War

Posted on June 29, 2010 by smellincoffee

Chainbreaker’s War: a Seneca Chief Remembers the American Revolution© 2002 ed. Jeanne Winston Adler224 pages On the eastern seaboard, young militia men marched around their town squares, tea-chests floated in Boston Harbor, and the bells of war tolled. Only a … Continue reading →

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The Man with the Iron Heart

Posted on June 26, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Man with the Iron Heart© 2008 Harry Turtledove532 pages On 27 May 1942, Reinhard Heydrich barely escapes death at the hands of a Czech hitman, his life being saved by the assassin’s weapon jamming.  Although the misfire does not … Continue reading →

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Hornblower and the Hotspur

Posted on June 22, 2010 by smellincoffee

Hornblower and the Hotspur© 1962 CS Forester344 pages Young Horatio Hornblower flourished as an officer in the King’s service during the general European war against the fledgling French republic, the war having given an ambitious and intelligent officer like himself … Continue reading →

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Homage to Catalonia

Posted on May 26, 2010 by smellincoffee

Homage to Catalonia© 1952 George Orwell232 pages On 17 July 1936, conservative and reactionary forces inside Spain opted to seize power by force, rather than allow the Popular Front government — an increasingly liberal, democratic, and progressive entity that undermined … Continue reading →

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Lord Hornblower

Posted on May 25, 2010 by smellincoffee

Lord Hornblower© 1946 C.S. Forester318 pages       The year is 1814, and Sir Horatio Hornblower, commodore in his Britannic Majesty’s Royal Navy, has been sent to the coast of France on a secret mission. The crew of the gunship Flame … Continue reading →

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Commodore Hornblower

Posted on May 1, 2010 by smellincoffee

Commodore Hornblower© 1945 C.S. Forester384 pages My previous reads in the Hornblower series have been through collections of the shorter works, but Commodore Hornblower is a standard novel set shortly after Captain Hornblower. Hornblower has by now distinguished himself as one … Continue reading →

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Young Hornblower

Posted on April 17, 2010 by smellincoffee

Young Hornblower© 1948, 1951, 1953 C.S. Forester672 pages (My library’s copy has long lost its dustcover, but this would certainly be eye-catching…) A few weeks ago I began reading and was immediately taken by the adventures of Captain Horatio Hornblower, … Continue reading →

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