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June 5, 2023

REVIEW: Trial and Tribulation: A Novel of World War II by John Rhodes

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It is 1943. In the skies above war-torn Europe a savage battle continues as Allied bomber crews rain down fire and destruction on Hitler’s cities, and Luftwaffe fighters tear the bombers to pieces. Faced with the destruction, Churchill asks, “Are we barbarians?” Back in England, after the Siege of Malta ... more >

March 16, 2022

REVIEW: A Slender Thread by John Rhodes

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1942: At the Siege of Malta, one of the most crucial battles in modern history, only extraordinary courage and willpower can turn looming defeat into victory. The war in the Mediterranean, 1942: The outcome of World War II hangs, as Churchill says, by “a slender thread.” Erwin Rommel, Hitler’s “Desert ... more >

January 28, 2021

REVIEW: Infinite Stakes by John Rhodes

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsBattle of Britain / England / Historical / mathematics / pilot / War / Military / World War II2 Comments

September 1940. Adolph Hitler’s Luftwaffe is poised to defeat Britain’s RAF and conquer England, his last remaining enemy. Winston Churchill faces Nazi Germany from the Battle of Britain bunker. Waves of Luftwaffe bombers sweep over England, carrying death and destruction. Only a handful of heavily outnumbered RAF planes rise against ... more >

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December 20, 2019

Jayne’s Best of 2019

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This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >

September 27, 2019

REVIEW: Breaking Point by John Rhodes

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Breaking Point: A Novel of the Battle of Britain It is August, 1940. Hitler’s triumphant Third Reich has crushed all Europe—except Britain. As Hitler launches a massive aerial assault, only the heavily outnumbered British RAF and the iron will of Winston Churchill can stop him. The fate of Western civilization ... more >

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