Historical Fiction – Meditations

August 6, 2021

Review: War Lord, Bernard Cornwell

Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve read the Saxon Stories up until this point, and though it’s not a series I rush into for…

April 2, 2021

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Garcia Marquez’s take on the last days in the life of General Bolivar y Palacios should be a…

February 8, 2021

Rating: 4 out of 5 This is a solidly enjoyable fiction that will introduce the reader to many of the diadochi, an era normally…

February 3, 2021

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is to my regret that while I bought this the day it came out, I only now took…

October 12, 2020

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…