The Honor Harrington novels by David Drake.. sorta a British like navy thats space ships instead of sailing ships,(tho its not Britain but a empire called Manticore) the heroine is the epitome of a British captain of that era..
Ann Rule is very good if you like true crime...
Simon Schama has some very good books on english history that are easy to read and understand... At the edge of the world? is the first..
Graham Mcneils Ultramarine omnibus is very good sf set in the universe of warhammer 40k, a very dark and violent place.
Shogun is perhaps one of my favorite books, very detailed and well written.
Well will list more when i ahve time to look through my library...
Wow, 11 books, that will keep me very busy!
I used to read Ann Rule a lot, I do like that type of book, You are the second person who said Shogun, must be good. Thank you for those and for your other interesting recommendations!