Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary Sutcliff has always been a favourite of mine. I had a steady diet of her historical novels from the time I was 12 to when I was 15. Although many of her books were written for the younger reader I still enjoy them now. Her finest work is Sword at Sunset and that’s definitely [...]

The Trojan War

There’s a huge range of novels about the Trojan War, the events leading up to it, and the men and women whose lives were affected by it, so it’s difficult to find a book that doesn’t feel stale and predictable. These are the books that are still on my bookshelf, close and handy to be [...]