by envisionmg | Mar 23, 2018 | Jim Recommends
Genre Blending (also called Genre Crossing, Genre Mixing, Cross-Genre) is when an author mixes together aspects of two or more genre styles in the same work. In this case Historical Fiction, SciFi or Fantasy. That’s my rather simplistic definition of Genre...
by envisionmg | Nov 21, 2017 | Jim Recommends, What I'm Reading Now
I fell down a bit of a Holy Roman Empire reading rabbit hole (as one does). It started with an obligatory read of a Martin Luther biography and went from there. Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper. Ok technically I’ve already read this book. This...
by envisionmg | Oct 30, 2017 | Jim Recommends
As anyone knows who frequents this blog I love reading all things spy related. But I have a particular soft spot for Elizabethan espionage. So here are some fiction and non-fiction titles that I have either read or am looking forward to reading. Fiction A Column of...
by envisionmg | Oct 13, 2017 | Jim Recommends
A Single Spy by William Christie. This book was inspired by my reading of Legacy of Spies. Set during World War II rather than the Cold War and Russians vs Germans rather than Russians/Germans vs English, it is a very different book from Legacy of Spies but very in...
by envisionmg | Jul 28, 2017 | Jim Recommends
I can actually remember the first time I heard about the Battle of Crete, albeit obliquely. I was a kid watching the old 60s Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn movie Guns of Navarone. Peck’s character Mallory’s major credential as a special...
by envisionmg | Mar 20, 2017 | Jim Recommends
For this Saint Patrick’s Day we thought we’d offer up some histories of Ireland that show Ireland’s interacation with the outside world throughout history. Also these titles might be a little less well known. Enjoy! Ireland in the Virginian...
