by Jon Biddle What would you do? Is the question I ask myself when I read historical books, on early twentieth century politics and military history. How would I behave under the spotlight of tyranny, fascism, an invading army? From the comforts of your secure home,...
by Jon Biddle A classic. A book I read thirty years ago. It flashed across my feed a few days ago and this killer novel of the height of the pump fiction novel genre is a little dated in the vernacular however the plot doesn’t disappoint. Written confusingly for me in...
review by Jon Biddle So, I love the Giles Milton for a number of reasons. The first, because of the historical research that has been done to complete the book, is just phenomenal. Second, Milton mixes humour into factual fiction in a...
by Jon Biddle So this book isn’t what I thought. Now I know that I could address the political prowess of Trump, but I wont, I’m neither an American nor intelligent enough to understand the machinations of Trump’s presidency, however, from bitter experience as a...
by Jon Biddle I’m currently researching a period of time that a new series of books I shall be writing, in particular the end of the First World War, Spanish flu and life in Britain in the aftermath of a calamitous war. One of the authors that I came across was Ken...
by Jon Biddle I love reading self help books, there is always room for improvement as we evolve through the turbulent world we have created. I try and stick a self development book in between the murder-death-kill I normally reach for in the virtual-book shop, and...
