James Holland, Hellfire Reviews

“Spiffing War Novel!”

Written on: 25/11/2012 by TGittins (5 reviews written)

James Holland's pedigree as Military Historian, and newspaper/magazine contributor, and author of five historical works, is obvious in this well-crafted, historically-accurate, World War Two adventure. Holland realized there was no Sharpe, or Hornblower for the Second World War, and decided to create Jack Tanner. Tanner doesn't feature as heavily in his own tale as much as Sharpe or Hornblower feature in theirs, but the strength of the supporting cast, characters like Alex Vaughan, and Stan... (read more)