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Tag Archives: historical fiction
Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical fiction: An omnibus review
The Eagle of the Ninth (Oxford University Press, 2000) The Silver Branch (Oxford University Press, 2001) Frontier Wolf (Puffin Books, 1984) The Lantern Bearers (Oxford University Press, 2001) Dawn Wind (Puffin Books, 1982) Eric Eller wrote this omnibus review. Compelling … Continue reading
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Sharon Kay Penman’s The Queen’s Man, Cruel as the Grave, and Dragon’s Lair
Since Ellis Peters started it all with her Brother Cadfael series, the medieval mystery genre has exploded in popularity: Candace Robb’s Owen Archer series; Margaret Frazer’s Sister Frevisse mysteries; Edward Marston’s Norman Domesday tales. Noted for her historical novels, such … Continue reading
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Andrea Hairston’s Redwood and Wildfire
Andrea Hairston’s Redwood and Wildfire is a fascinating and strange piece of historical fantasy. While the concept of a fantasy relating to the early twentieth century entertainment world is not unusual, nor is the portrayal of the situations of marginalized … Continue reading
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Lindsey Davis’ A Comedy of Terrors
Lindsey Davis’ A Comedy of Terrors is the latest in her Flavia Alba series. Featuring a series of business related crimes and murders, often centering upon nuts. This is an amusing setup, but the story takes itself as seriously as … Continue reading
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Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light
Just as her protagonist Thomas Cromwell set himself a near impossible task in attempting to steer the mercurial temperament of Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel set herself a near impossible task in following the first two masterful volumes of this story. … Continue reading
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Christophe Gans’ Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups)
I hardly know where to start with Christophe Gans’ Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups) – it’s sort of outside my normal range of subject matter, but the DVD case looked interesting enough, and the price was right, … Continue reading
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Crystal King’s Feast of Sorrow
I have to confess something to you before we get started. I finished this book months ago. By “finished”, I mean I read it from front to back. So why didn’t I crank out a review earlier? Well one reason; … Continue reading
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Alex Bledsoe’s Dark Jenny
What do you get when you mix the legend of King Arthur with the detective fiction of Raymond Chandler? It seems you come up with Alex Bledsoe’s stories of Eddie LaCrosse, sometime mercenary soldier, sometime hardboiled detective. In Dark Jenny, … Continue reading
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Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up The Bodies
Bring Up the Bodies is the second installment in Hilary Mantel’s novelization of the life of Thomas Cromwell. It follows on the heels of the masterful and award-winning Wolf Hall from 2010, one of my favorite books of the past … Continue reading
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Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall
As an American, my knowledge about Henry VIII of England comes from Shakespeare, plus what little American schools teach in history classes. He wanted to divorce his wife, the Pope said no, so he split with Rome and created the … Continue reading
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