Tag: Bernard Cornwell

Review: 1356 – Bernard Cornwell

Posted on by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction

1356 by Bernard Cornwell My rating : 4 of 5 stars Set after the English victory at Crécy, during the Hundred Years’ War and leading up to what by all accounts, this one included, was the apocalyptic battle of Poitiers in the year 1356 of the title. We’re in deepest darkest France and there’s something … Continue reading Review: 1356 – Bernard Cornwell →

If it's 2015, it must be time for – Book of the Year 2014!

Posted on by Speesh in Book Stuff

I thought I'd actually wait until the year was over (2014, just in case you...) before putting my heads together and seeing what I'd read that was worthy of The Speesh Golden Bookmark* for best book/read I read in 2014. As usual, I don't seem to have read any of other places' 'Books of the Year.' Partly … Continue reading If it's 2015, it must be time for – Book of the Year 2014! →

Who's that over there on the throne?

Posted on by Speesh in Book Stuff, Britain/England, Historical Fiction

Arriving faster than a spaceship landing on a comet (a shade under two weeks from London to Denmark - that's about a week less than 'usual'), yesterday this little beauty arrived. Thanks again to the very wonderful folks at Goldsboro Books, that's a signed, first edition of Bernard Cornwell's latest, number eight in The Warrior … Continue reading Who's that over there on the throne? →