Historical Fiction – Page 4

July 21, 2020

Review: Macbeth, A.J. Hartley

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…

March 27, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a rare pleasure to see a book where the Romans are ignored in favour of the Hellenes…

March 19, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 I think that this is my third reasonably close encounter with the katabasis—or, at least, that is how Xenophon’s…

February 9, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 In short, I think this ticks all the boxes. Quite possibly the closest thing from an European source I…

December 25, 2019

Rating: 5 out of 5 While not a traditional Christmas book, somehow I have ended up reviewing this in the depth of the holiday…

November 17, 2019

Rating: 5 out of 5 There is no doubt in my mind that I have a deep connection with Mr Ryotaro Shiba and his…

October 2, 2019

Rating: 4 out of 5 The ‘Saxon Stories’ seem interminable by now, and yet the author now states only a few books remain —…

September 25, 2019

Rating: 4 out of 5 Having just given some thought to the Civil War trilogy by Jeff (and Michael) Shaara, I figured it would…