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 Casca: Napoleon's Soldier, Tony Roberts This instalment of Casca's adventures takes him on Napoleon's doomed invasion of Russia and the retreat from Moscow. Two subplots support the main action, as well as giving a nice insight into the motives behind the Polish involvement in the invasion. The focus is on the retreat from Moscow, which takes up half of the novel, so we see the disaster that befell Napoleon's army from the bottom up. [see more] |
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 Casca: Halls of Montezuma, Tony Roberts. An entertaining novel partly set during the Mexican War, this is the 25th entry in this long running series, and a successful debut for Tony Robert, who has recently taken over the franchise. The main character, Casca Rufio Longinius, is a Roman soldier cursed to wander the world until the second coming, and his wanders bring him to Virginia just before the outbreak of war with Mexico. This is the first part of a trilogy, which will take Casca into the Civil War. [see more] |
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 Casca: Johnny Reb, Tony Roberts. The sequel to Halls of Montezuma sees Casca take part in the key early battles of the American Civil War in Virginia, as well as facing age-old enemies. Another entertaining entry in this long running series, which ends with a dramatic cliff-hanger that leads us into the final part of this trilogy. |
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 Casca: The Confederate, Tony Roberts. Barry Sadler's The Eternal Mercenary #27. This entry in the Casca series concludes a trilogy set before and during the American Civil War. This final entry starts on the battlefield of Antietam and ends with the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, taking in most of the remaining battles in Virginia and the Gettysburg campaign on the way. The decline of the Confederacy is the main theme of the book, although Roberts also ties up a sub-plot involving Casca's arch enemies. A well written conclusion to an entertaining trilogy. http://www.casca.net/ |
 Casca: The Avenger, Tony Roberts. Barry Sadler's The Eternal Mercenary #28. After a series of three books set in the American Civil War, this entry in the Casca series jumps back nearly a millennium and a half, to the Byzantine Empire at the time of Justinian. The book follows on from an earlier entry in the series, and sees Casca return to Constantinople in an attempt to gain revenge on his enemies in the Brotherhood of the Lamb. The time period gives Roberts a chance to explore the chariot racing that had such an impact on the politics of the time, as well as Justinian's wars in Italy and Persia, which dominate the second half of the book. http://www.casca.net/ |
 The Shropshire Lads, Graham Holbrook. This is a very entertaining historical novel set in and around the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War. The book follows a group of Shropshire volunteers from the pre-war period, through training, into combat in the trenches and then into a classic adventure tale. [see more] |
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