Splendidly impressive, confident, and rich in incident and historical detail
Tag: Viking Age
Happy Publication Day – C.R.May!
Bloodaxe is the first volume in a trilogy which will tell the story of one of the Viking Age’s legendary kings.
Review: God of Vengeance – Giles Kristian
It's all too beautiful
Review: The Long Ships – Franz G. Bengtsson
Guess who's coming to dinner?
Review: The Sea Road
The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Sea Road is an imaginative and beautifully written attempt to recreate the life of an Icelandic woman called Gudrun Thorbjarnadottir. If you have no idea who that is, that's ok. Not many will know who she is. She is a Norse woman, who appears … Continue reading Review: The Sea Road
Review: Swords of Good Men
The real thing.
Review: The Pagan Lord
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
Hereward: End Of Days by James Wilde My rating: 5 of 5 stars Don't you just love it when things come together? I go on holiday to the UK and pick up Hereward The End of Days. Amongst other places, we visit friends who live in Ely. On my birthday, the 7th of August, unfortunately … Continue reading Review: Hereward: End Of Days
Review: Hawk Quest – Robert Lyndon
My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, 11th Century, Norman conquestPublisher: Little Brown Book GroupFirst published: 2012ISBN: 9781847444974Pages: 672Bought From the cover:1072 AD. The Normans have captured England. The Turks have captured a Norman knight. And in order to free him, a Frank warrior named Vallon must capture four rare hawks. As they track their quarry to the far … Continue reading Review: Hawk Quest – Robert Lyndon
Review: Hereward – James Wilde
Series: Hereward 1 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, Hereward, 1066, the Norman conquestPublisher: Transworld PublishersFirst published: 2012ISBN: 9780553825169Pages: 480Bought From the cover:1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can … Continue reading Review: Hereward – James Wilde
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