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Innocent Traitorby: Alison Weir June 07, 2007 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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I loved this book all the way through. I have read quite a lot of historical novels and this was just as good as all the others I have read. I love the tudor period especially.
The only thing that I feel could have been left out were the modern day swear words and Lady Jane's husbands explicit sexual dealings with her. I would have enjoyed it just as much. I must admit I filled up at the end and have never done that before in all the historical novels I have read. I was bought this book as a gift Amazon and am very glad I was. >>More Details |
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The Gates of Rome (Emperor)by: Conn Iggulden September 01, 2003 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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I enjoy historical fiction and have read quite a lot of books of that genre over the years. The best examples manage to combine an entertaining plot line with historical accuracy when dealing with important historical facts. For me, this book fails on both counts.
Iggulden's plot and writing style are far too simplistic. As for historical accuracy, there are so many glaring errors that I couldn't stop myself from laughing at times. I won't be reading the rest of the series, that's for sure. I'd suggest you avoid this at all costs and, as an alternative, recommend Colleen McCullough's wonderful "Masters of Rome" series which begins with "The First Man in Rome". >>More Details |
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The Death of Kings (Emperor)by: Conn Iggulden September 06, 2004 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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Again, Iggulden blends fact and fiction in a seamless and gripping combination. He puts the known facts together with fiction based on historical knowledge to fill in a time when we know little about our hero Julius Caeser. I recommend this series to all my friends, and not a single bad comment amongst them, a must have for the bookshelf
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Emperor: The Gods of War (Emperor 4)by: Conn Iggulden August 07, 2006 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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Dont be put off by the Title of this review. It only gets 4 out of 5 because the rest were so good. To me the letdown is that he seems to rush over the last parts of Caesars life to finish the series. There probably wasn't enough for a 5th book, but seems to have crammed it all into the 4th. Saying that it's still an excellent book and this is probably my favourite set of historical fiction books.
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The Lords of the North (Alfred the Great 3)by: Bernard Cornwell February 05, 2007 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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Having read all the Sharpe novels I was looking forward to this and I was not disappointed. Bernard Cornwell has an unnerring ability of making history fun. True the characters are fictional on the whole but his ability to bring to life scenarios from our past history is pure mastery. The pace as always is face and full of action. A wordsmith of the highest pedigree who makes reading enjoyable and easy.
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Black Butterfly: A Lucifer Box Novel (Lucifer Box 3)by: Mark Gatiss November 03, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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I've really enjoyed Mark Gatiss's earlier two Lucifer Box novels - moody, sexy and plenty of tongue in cheek fun. This latest novel is ok, but not a patch on the earlier ones - as others have pointed out he's a bit too bond like and I think Gatiss has aged him too quickly - he's retiring in this book. Maybe as a result it's no where near as sexy as the previous too.
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The Virgin's Loverby: Philippa Gregory April 25, 2005 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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Much of the book is satisfying. To a modern reader the four point tension, Elizabeth, her spymaster Cecil, her first great love Robin, and his wife Amy, handles well, with other characters made severely secondary. Though in the case of Blanche Parry, rather too secondary perhaps, more of that below.
I did like the early uncertainty by Elizabeth on court procedures, as she had been much shut away; giving the court expert Robin some of his first power base with her. Also their shared horror from being incarcerated in the Tower rings powerfully true. The details of Court life are richly portrayed: for example the almost tribal precedence about eating at meals. The detail on birth control is fascinating. I should have liked rather more ordinary detail of everyday ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Brethrenby: Robyn Young March 22, 2007 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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I read a lot of historical fiction - Cornwell, O'Brian, Iggulden etc...
I read Brethren in the hope that Robyn Young might turn out to be the new big thing in the genre. I was disappointed. The book (and the 2 sequels) are over long and frankly dull. There are far too many characters that come and go, without leaving any impact on the story or the major characters. A good editor could have removed pages and pages of text and sub-plots without harming the main story. Young has tried to mix facts about Beybers (who deserves a series of books by himself) and the Templars, with a Da Vichi Code plot element mixed in. It is too much and none of the elements sit well together. The characters are not engaging, and I didn't really care one way or the other what happened to them ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Sea of Poppiesby: Amitav Ghosh May 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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Seeing `Shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize' on the front cover was both tempting and off-putting - tempting because it's interesting to see what attracts the attention of the judges and off-putting because, dare I admit it, I've sometimes found their choices more than a little tedious.
`Sea of Poppies' is an ambitious work set in the time of the Opium Wars. Once I'd got through the first chapter, half-skimming the annoying pidgin English, it was obvious that this was going to be a fascinating read. As more characters are introduced, their stories and the problems they each have to overcome become more and more intriguing. In a slow crescendo of overlapping fortunes, the writing reaches an exciting climax and then abruptly stops, leaving, as others have commented, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Troy: Fall of Kings (Trojan War Trilogy): 3by: David Gemmell, Stella Gemmell March 24, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History and Historical Fiction |
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It's almost possible to see the difference in the pages written by the great man himself - but still a great read and although his wife's contribution is not the same - I'd still rate the book as a classic and streets ahead of anything by other so called "greats" of the genre.
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