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Category: The Vikings
Review: Thunder God – Paul Watkins
My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Faber and FaberFirst published: 2004ISBN: Pages: 317Bought From the cover:A gripping, acclaimed action-packed Viking epic. Set in the 10th century, when Viking raids were at their peak, Paul Watkins spins a tale that covers three continents. After centuries of ranging unchecked across the northern world, the fortunes of the Vikings have begun … Continue reading Review: Thunder God – Paul Watkins
Review: The Virgin of the Wind Rose – Glen Craney
My version: PDFGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Self PublishedFirst published: 2016ISBN: Pages: Sent by the author While investigating the murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane becomes obsessed with a magical word square found inside an underground church guarding the tomb of the biblical Adam.Drawn into a web of esoteric intrigue, she … Continue reading Review: The Virgin of the Wind Rose – Glen Craney
Review: Path of Gods – Snorri Kristjansson
My version: HardbackGenre: Fantasy, VikingsPublisher: Jo Fletcher BooksFirst published: 2015ISBN: 978-1-78206-340-7Pages: 291Bought From the cover:In the south of Sweden, Adun and Ulfar are joining forces with Sigurd, Sven and King Jolawer Scot, to go in search of Sweyn Forkbeard. Though they convince the King of the Danes that truce and union is the way forward, they … Continue reading Review: Path of Gods – Snorri Kristjansson
Review: The Long Ships – Franz G. Bengtsson
Guess who's coming to dinner?
Review: Hereward Wolves of New Rome – James Wilde
Hereward 4 set in 1072, featuring the English hero Hereward leading his men to Byzantium, facing betrayal and war.
Review: Blood Will Follow – Snorri Kristjansson
Reading will follow
Review: Swords of Good Men – Snorri Kristjansson
The real thing.
Review: The Pagan Lord – Bernard Cornwell
When Bernard Cornwell is on form, he can be at least as good, if not a whole lot better, than most everyone else. When he's ticking over, he's also a whole lot better than a whole lot of other writers in the Historical Fiction field.
Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde
Hereward 3 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, 1066, EnglandPublisher: Transworld, Random HouseFirst published: 2013ISBN: 978-0-593-06502-0Bought, signed From the cover:"1071. Five years have passed since the Norman's crushing victory at Hastings. England reels under the savage rule of its new king, the one they call 'the Bastard.' the North has been left a wasteland - villages … Continue reading Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde
