Historical Fiction – Meditations

October 12, 2020

Review: Galatea, Madeline Miller

Rating: 3 out of 5 It’s clear that Ms Miller has a knack for getting Greek myths right—yet, though this short story spoke to…

October 10, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 I really enjoyed some parts of this—especially the descriptions which linked to how Achilles fared after the death of…

September 25, 2020

Rating: 2 out of 5 I found this dull and unimaginative, not to mention basic in its treatment of the Siege of Antioch. While…

September 22, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 I’d seen numerous positive reviews of this book by when I took it up, which only built to my…

August 21, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 The best part of this historical crime puzzle was the setting: late 18th century Stockholm. Many of the ancillary…

July 30, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 I absolutely loved this book and there are no excuses as to why I had to take five days…

July 24, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 I am a great fan of Ryotaro Shiba. It is always in February I get the wish to re-read…

July 21, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 A retelling of the classic Shakespeare play ‘Macbeth’, this book probably doesn’t come to surprise anyone. The authors’ endnote…

June 29, 2020

Rating: 4 out of 5 It doesn’t take much for me to like a Bernard Cornwell book. Though I don’t think the Saxon Stories……

May 19, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 I am not sure this qualifies as very thoughtful literature, but it was definitely easy to read. Mr Taber’s…