TYPHOON - a new spy-novel to get you thinking
Every now and then a book comes my way which gets under my skin - and I instantly feel a blog coming on. I love historical novels on the whole, and of course, they are in vogue - not only do they transport, but they can (should?) also educate. But from the novelist’s point of view, they provide great opportunities for invention and speculation since the periods they choose to inhabit are the preserve of only an educated few. Who’s to know where fact ends and fiction begins? But to take very r
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